SD Biosensor SD Gluco Navii, Инструкция по эксплуатации и процедурам

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What is AST?
Alternative site testing (AST) means that people use parts of the body other than
fingertips to check their blood glucose levels. The GlucoNavii™ system allows you to
test on the finger, palm and forearm.
What’s the advantage of AST?
Fingertips feel pain more readily because they are full of nerve endings (receptors).
Other body sites, since nerve endings are less concentrated, patients generally will not
feel as much pain compared to the fingertip.
When to use AST?
Food, medication, illness, stress and exercise can affect blood glucose levels. Capil-
lary blood at 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 event,
take blood sample from finger only.
We strongly
recommend that you perform AST ONLY at the following times:
• With you healthcare providers permission.
• In a pre-meal or fasting state (more than 2 hours since the last meal).
• Two hours or more after taking insulin.
• Two hours or more after exercise.
Do NOT use AST if:
• The healthcare provider has not approved this type of testing.
• Your patient has frequent low blood glucose.
• The AST results do not match the way the patient feels.
• You are testing for hyperglycemia.
• You are testing for hypoglycemia.
• The patient’s routine glucose results are often fluctuating.