Testing Your Blood Glucose - Freestyle FREEDOM Lite Owner's Booklet

Testing Your Blood Glucose

• With the FreeStyle Freedom® Lite meter, you can test your blood
glucose on your forearm, fingers, upper arm, hand, thigh, or calf.
• Testing with the FreeStyle Freedom Lite meter requires a very small
sample size, 0.3 microliters of blood; about the size of pinhead
(example: • ).
WARNING:
We recommend that you test on your fingers if you are testing
for hypoglycemia (low blood glucose) or if you suffer from
hypoglycemia unawareness.
Times when you may be checking for low blood glucose include:
• When you are feeling symptoms such as weakness, sweating,
nervousness, headache, or confusion.
• When you have delayed a meal after taking insulin.
• When your healthcare professional advises you to do so.
Important: To ensure accurate results, wash your
hands and test site (for example, your forearm) with
soap and water. Make sure there is no cream or lotion
on the test site. Thoroughly dry your hands and test
site.
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