Testing With Blood From Alternative Sites - Accu-Chek Active Owner's Booklet

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Testing with Blood from Alternative Sites

Chapter 3: Testing Your Blood Sugar

With the ACCU-CHEK Active system, you have the option to use blood from

an alternative site (palm, forearm, upper arm, thigh, or calf) in addition to

blood taken from your fingertip. Although blood from your fingertip may be

tested at any time, there are times when testing from alternative sites is

not ideal. Before you begin testing areas other than your fingertip, please

read this section to understand which option is right for you.

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Before you begin testing using alternative sites, please:

• Talk with your doctor

• Read the Notes section below

Notes:

• Because your fingertip has more blood vessels, your fingertip and

alternative site test results may be different.

• NEVER ignore symptoms that may be due to low or high blood sugar.

• If your blood sugar result does not match how you feel, do a fingertip

test to confirm your result. If the fingertip result still does not match

how you feel, call your doctor.

• Do not change your treatment based on just one result.

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