IMPORTANT
• T alk to your healthcare professional about
Alternate Site Testing.
Do not change your treatment because
of just one result.
NEVER ignore symptoms of high or low
blood glucose.
If your blood glucose result does
not match how you feel, perform a
fingertip test to confirm your result. If
the fingertip result still does not match
how you feel, call your healthcare
professional.
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Alternate site testing may be done:
•
Immediately before a meal
•
Fasting
DO NOT test from an alternate 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 a rapid-acting
insulin analogue