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TESTING
Get a Blood Drop: Alternative Site Testing
1. Wash your hands and the
puncture site with antibacterial
soap and warm water.
Rinse and dry well.
2. Attach the clear AST endcap to
the lancing device, if provided
with your kit.
Refer to the lancing
device insert for detailed
instructions.
3. Select a puncture site from a
fleshy area on the palm. Avoid
veins, moles, bones, and
tendons.
The lancing device graphics are for illustration purposes only.
4. Press the lancing device firmly
against puncture site, then press
the release button.
5. Maintain steady pressure until a
small, round blood drop forms.
6. Lift the lancing device straight up
and away from the skin without
smearing the blood.
7. Test immediately after you have
formed a small, round blood
drop, as shown.
Immediately touch the tip of the
test strip to the drop of blood.
The blood is drawn into the test
strip through the tip.
