Measuring Your Blood Sugar; Acquiring Blood Samples - Beurer BGL60 Instructions For Use Manual

6 Measuring your blood sugar

Warning
If you drop the lancing device with a needle lancet inserted, carefully pick it up
and dispose of the lancet.
Important
• Use the lancing device only with needle lancets from the manufacturer. Use
of other needle lancets can impair the function of the lancing device.
• If the lancing device is manufactured by a third party, consult their instruc-
tions for use.
6.1

Acquiring blood samples

Preparing to take the blood sample
1 Choose a site on the body from where you wish to take the blood sample.
You can use the lancing device to get blood samples from the fingertip or
other parts of the body, such as the palm, forearm, upper arm, thigh or calf.
We recommend that you take the blood sample from the fingertip. To make
the blood sample as pain-free as possible, do not take the blood directly from
the centre of the fingertip, but instead from slightly to the side of the centre.
Warning
• If you suspect hypoglycaemia: be sure to draw blood from the finger-
tip. This is because changes in the blood sugar level can be measured
quickly in blood samples from the fingertip.
• Measuring from a fingertip and another part of the body (AST) can lead to
significantly different measured values. Always consult your doctor before
starting to test at alternative sites.
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