Accu-Chek Aviva Nano User Manual page 21

IMPORTANT
• Talk to your healthcare professional about Alternate
Site Testing.
Do not change your treatment
because of just one result.
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NEVER ignore symptoms of high or
low blood glucose.
If your blood glucose result does
not match how you feel, perform a
fingertip/palm test to confirm your
result. If the fingertip/palm result still
does not match how you feel, talk to
your healthcare professional.
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 rapid-acting insulin
analogue