Testing Blood Glucose; Preparing To Test Blood Glucose; Preparing The Lancing Device - Accu-Chek Compact Plus Manuel De L'utilisateur

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Testing blood glucose

4.1

Preparing to test blood glucose

You will need the following items to carry out the test:
the meter with a test strip drum inserted
the lancing device to obtain blood
a lancet for the lancing device
Before you start the test, wash your hands with warm water and
soap and dry them well. This helps remove any residues from the
skin, e.g. from food, drinks or skin cream, which can disturb the test
result. This also stimulates blood flow and reduces contamination of
the puncture site.
4.2

Preparing the lancing device

You use the lancing device to obtain blood from a fingertip or earlobe, or
from other (alternate) sites. If you wish to obtain blood from alternate
sites (such as the base of the thumb, forearm, upper arm, calf or thigh),
you must replace the normal black cap on the lancing device with a
special, transparent AST cap (available through the Accu-Chek Customer
Care Line). Please read the instructions for use that come with the AST
cap before you use blood from alternate sites to test blood glucose.
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Testing blood glucose