1. Wash your hands with soap
and warm water. Rinse and
dry thoroughly. If needed,
you can also rub the area
of skin you have chosen for
the blood sample with a
special cleansing pad.
2. Open the lancing device by twisting
the protective cap in a clockwise
direction and then remove it. Insert
the lancet all the way (without turning
it) into the lancing device. Twist off
the protective cap on the lancet
carefully.
5 Operating
3. Replace the protective
cap on the lancing de-
vice and tighten by
turning it in an anti-
clockwise direction.
To use the AST cap,
check item 5.3 Using
the AST cap.
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