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IMPORTANT
Talk to your healthcare professional about Alternative
•
Site Testing.
Do not change your treatment because of
just one result.
NEVER ignore symptoms of high or low
blood glucose.
If the blood glucose does not match how
you feel, perform a fingertip/palm test to
confirm your result. If the fingertip/palm
result still does not match how you feel,
call your healthcare professional.
Alternative site testing may be done:
Immediately before a meal
•
Fasting
•
DO NOT test from an alternative site:
Two hours or less after eating
•
After exercising
•
If you are sick
•
If you think your blood glucose is low
•
If you often don’t notice when your blood
•
glucose is low
During peak action time of short-acting
•
insulin or rapid-acting insulin analogues
Up to two hours after injecting a short-
•
acting insulin or rapid-acting insulin
analogue