Alternate Site Test; Lancing And Sampling From An Alternate Site Area - Infopia Element Neo Instructions For Use Manual

Alternative Site Test
Upper Arm
Dorsal Hand
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Element NEO blood glucose monitoring system gives you the ability to obtain a blood
sample for testing your sugar from different areas of your body.
The figure shown above displays the areas where you can test using your Element
meter.
You may test your blood sugar from your forearm, upper arm, palm (ventral palm or dorsal
hand), or fingertips.
IMPORTANT
It is recommended that alternative site testing be used when glucoses are stable: before
meals and before bedtime. However, when glucoses are changing, blood from the
fingertip may show these changes sooner than blood from other body areas.
LIMITATION
1. Alternative site testing results should never be used to calibrate continuous glucose
monitoring systems.
2. Alternative sampling results should never be used in insulin dosing calculations.
Lancing and sampling from an alternative site area
Sampling from your upper arm, forearm, ventral palm, or dorsal hand allows you to use your
fingertips less often.
You may find that obtaining a blood sample from an alternative site is less painful than using
a fingertip. Getting a blood sample from your forearm or palm is different than getting a
sample from your fingertip.
Forearm
Ventral Palm
Fingertips
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Ventral palm/Dorsal hand
Forearm
® NEO
Choose a fleshy area of the forearm or upper arm away from bone, visible veins and thick
hairs of the arm. Sometimes there is less blood flow to these areas than to the fingertip.
To help you get enough drops of blood, you may gently massage or apply a heating pad to
the site to increase blood flow.
IMPORTANT
We recommend that you test on your fingertips if you are testing for hyperglycemia (low
blood glucose) or if you are suffering from hyperglycemia unawareness.
Choose a fleshy area on the palm, below your thumb or
pinky finger. Select a spot without any visible veins and
away from any deep lines. This may cause your blood
sample to smear.
Upper arm
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