NIPRO Diagnostics TRUE METRIX Owner's Booklet page 25

From Forearm
Important Notes Regarding Forearm Testing
• Check with your Doctor or Healthcare Professional
to see if forearm testing is right for you.
• Results from forearm are not always the same as
results from fingertip.
• Use fingertip instead of forearm for more
accurate results:
~ Within 2 hours of eating, exercise, or taking insulin,
~ If your blood sugar may be rising or falling rapidly or
your routine results are often fluctuating,
~ If you are ill or under stress,
~ If your forearm test results do not match how you feel,
~ If your blood sugar may be low or high,
~ If you do not notice symptoms when blood sugar is
low or high.
1. Select area to be lanced. Wash with soap and warm
water, rinse and dry thoroughly.
2. Rub area vigorously or apply a warm dry compress to
increase blood flow.
3. Place end of lancing device equipped
with a lancet firmly against forearm.
Press Trigger Button. Apply firm pressure
on lancing device for 10 seconds. Apply
sample to test strip Sample Tip.
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