GlucoRx 311-4277100 SERIES, Owner'S Manual

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About Alternative Site Testing (AST)
Important: There are limitations with doing AST. Please consult
your healthcare professional before you do AST.
What is AST?
Alternative site testing (AST) means that people use parts of the
body other than fingertips to check their blood glucose levels. This
system allows you to test on the palm, forearm and the upper arm
with equivalent results to fingertip testing.
What’s the advantage?
Fingertips feel pain more readily because they are full of nerve
endings (receptors). At other body sites,
since nerve endings are not so condensed,
you will not feel as much pain as at the
fingertip.
When to use AST?
Food, medication, illness, stress and
exercise can affect blood glucose levels.
Capillary blood at the fingertip reflects these
changes faster than capillary blood at other
sites. Therefore when testing blood glucose
during or immediately after meal, physical
exercise or any other events, take blood
sample from your finger only.
We strongly recommend you do AST ONLY at the following intervals:
In a pre-meal or fasting state (more than 2 hours since your last
meal).
Two hours or more after taking insulin.
Two hours or more after exercise.
Do
NOT
use AST if:
You think your blood glucose is low.
You are unaware you have hypoglycaemia.
Your AST results do not match the way you feel.
You are testing for hyperglycaemia.
Your routine glucose results are often fluctuating.