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6. Prior to testing, clean your hands with an alcohol wipe or wash your hands
with soap. Use warm water to increase blood flow in your fingers if necessary.
Then dry your hands thoroughly. Massage the hand from the wrist up to the
fingertip a few times to encourage blood flow.
7. Hold the lancing device against the side of the finger to be lanced with the
cover resting on the finger. Push the release button to prick your fingertip. You
should hear a click as the lancing device activates. Gently massage your
finger from the base of the finger to the tip of the finger to obtain the required
blood volume. Avoid smearing the drop of blood.
For the greatest reduction in pain, lance on the sides of the fingertips.
Rotation of sites is recommended. Repeated punctures in the same spot can
make your fingers sore and callused.
Forearm and Palm Testing
The forearm and palm areas have less nerve endings than the fingertip. You may
find that obtaining blood from these sites is less painful than from the fingertip.
The procedure for forearm and palm sampling is different. You need the clear cap
to draw blood from these sites. The clear cap is not adjustable for puncture depth.
IMPORTANT: There are important differences among forearm, palm and fingertip