Omron HGM-112 Instruction Manual page 15

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
• When basal insulin is most active
• After injecting rapid-acting insulin (two hours or less)
How to do AST :
You need the meter, a test strip, a lancing device designed for AST, and the
clear AST cap.
1. Unscrew the adjustable tip, insert a new lancet firmly into the carrier. Twist
off lancet protective cap and replace the AST Cap. Sliding barrel signals
readiness with a soft click.
2. Insert a test strip into the meter in the correct direction. The meter
turns on.
3. A test strip and flashing blood drop symbol appear on the display.
4. Gently massage the alternative site (palm) that you would
like to draw blood from.
5. Clean your hands and the alternative site you will puncture. Press the
lancing device firmly against a fleshy area on the alternative site. Press
the lancing device up and down in a slow pumping motion to assist
the flow of blood.
6. Trigger the lancing device will be keeping steady pressure on the
puncture site. Immediately lift the lancing device off of the site.
7. Squeeze the puncture site with appropriate pressure slowly to get enough
blood.
BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEM-HGM-112
Lift off after lancing device is triggered
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