User's Manual

Checking Your Blood Glucose
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2. Set the depth setting on the lancing device to its shallowest
depth, 1 (Figure 7-21).
3. Lightly touch the lancing device (with the gray cap) against
the side of your fingertip (Figure 7-22).
4. Depress the release button, then put down the lancing
device.
5. Gently squeeze your finger, if needed, until a blood drop the
size of a pinhead forms.
Lance your forearm, upper arm, hand, thigh, or calf
1. To bring fresh blood to the surface of the test site, rub the site
vigorously for a few seconds (Figure 7-23) until you feel it get-
ting warm.
2. Set the depth setting on the lancing device to 2 (Figure 7-24).
3. Hold the lancing device (with the clear cap) against the top of
your test site.
Figure 7-21 Figure 7-22
Figure 7-23 Figure 7-24