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Alternate Site Testing
Choose a fleshy area of the forearm, upperarm, thigh, or calf
away from bone, visible veins and/or hair. Sometimes there is
less blood flow to these areas than to the fingertip. To help you
get a large enough drop of blood, you may gently massage or
apply a heating pad to the site to increase blood flow.
Forearm
Calf
Thigh
Upperarm
Alternate Site Testing
Lancing and sampling from an alternate site area.
Sampling from your upperarm, forearm, dorsal hand, ventral palm, thigh,
or calf allows you to use your fingertips less often. You may find that
obtaining a blood sample from an alternate site is less painful than using
a fingertip. Getting a blood sample from your forearm or palm is different
than getting a sample from your fingertip.
Choose a fleshy area on the palm,
below your thumb or pinky finger. Select
a spot without any visible veins and
away from any deep lines. This may
cause your blood sample to smear.
Ventral palm/Dorsal hand
