MHC Medical Products EasyTouch HealthPro User Manual page 15

Lancing Using the Clear Cap for an
Alternate Site Area
1. Remove the lancing 2. Insert lancet and
cap by twisting o . replace with the
clear cap.
4. Continue to hold the 5. While holding the
lancing device and lancing device on your
gradually increase test site, look through
pressure for several the clear cap until
seconds. a round drop of
blood appears.
7. Place the edge of the
test strip to the drop
of blood. The blood
will automatically be
drawn up.
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3. Rub the test site for a
few seconds until you
feel it getting warm.
Applying heat may
be helpful.
6. Lift the lancing device
straight up; be careful
not to smear the blood
on your testing site.
Lancing Using the Clear Cap for an
Alternate Site Area, Cont.
REMEMBER:
1. Consult with your healthcare professional before using alternate
site testing.
2. Choose a di erent puncture site each time you test. Repeated punctures
in the same spot may cause soreness and calluses.
3. If bruising occurs at an alternate site or you have di culty getting
a sample, consider sampling from a ngertip instead. You may want
to review the choice of sites with your healthcare professional.
4. Do not share lancing device with anyone, including other
family members.
CAUTION:
Do not test on your upper arm, forearm, dorsal hand, ventral palm, thigh,
or calf when:
1. You think you blood glucose is rapidly falling. For example within two
hours of exercise, rapid-action insulin injection, or an insulin pump bolus.
2. Testing with a ngertip sample may identify hypoglycemia or an insulin
reaction sooner than testing with a forearm or palm sample.
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