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Testing Your Blood Glucose
Wash and dry your hands before starting.
Setting up the lancing device
1. Pull off the cap of the lancing device.
2. Insert a lancet into the lancet holder and push
down firmly until it is fully secured.
3. Twist the protective disk off the lancet.
4.Replace the cap by aligning the arrow on the cap
with the release button.
5.Select the depth of penetration by turning the ad-
justable tip in either direction so that the arrow on
the cap points to the desired depth.
6. Pull the cocking control back until it clicks. You will
see a color change inside the release button when it
is ready.
► If it does not click, the device may have been cocked
when the lancet was inserted.
