Alternate Site Test - Infopia Element Plus Owner's Manual

Alternate Site Testing
Upper Arm
Dorsal Hand
Fingertips
The Element TM Plus 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 TM Plus meter.
You may test your blood sugar from your forearm, upper arm, palm
(ventral palm or dorsal hand), fingertips, thigh, or calf.
It is recommended that alternate site testing be used when sugars are
stable: before meals and before bedtime. However, when sugars are
changing, blood from the fingertip may show these changes sooner than
blood from other sites.
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Forearm
Ventral Palm
Thigh
Calf
Limitation:
• Alternate site test results should never be used to calibrate continuous
glucose monitoring systems.
• Alternative sampling results should never be used in insulin dosing
calculations.
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