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Prodigy Talking Meter Owner’s Manual
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Prodigy Talking Meter Owner’s Manual
ThereareimportantlimitationstoAST.Pleaseconsultyour
healthcareprofessionalbeforeyouperformAST.
What is AST?
AlternativeSiteTesting(AST)meansyoucanusepartsof
the body other than your fingertips to check your blood
glucose levels. The Prodigy AutoCode
®
Meter allows you to
test on your palm, forearm, upper arm, calf or thigh.
See Figure 1.
What is the advantage?
Fingertips feel pain more readily
because they are full of nerve
endings(receptors).Atotherbody
sites, nerve endings are not so
numerous and you will not feel as
much pain as you will experience at
the fingertip.
When to use AST?
Food, medication, illness, stress,
and exercise can affect blood
glucose levels. Capillary blood at
the fingertip reflects these changes
faster than capillary blood at other sites.
Therefore, if you are testing your blood glucose level
during or immediately after a meal, physical exercise
or stressful event, take the blood sample from your
fingertip only.
About Alternative Site Testing (AST)
Figure 1
Use AST only:
v Two hours or more after your last meal.
v Two hours or more after taking insulin.
v Two hours or more after exercise.
v During steady state blood glucose conditions.
Do not use AST if:
vYouhavereasontobelieveyouhavehypoglycemiaor 
  hyperglycemia.
vYourroutineglucoseresultsareoftenuctuating.
vYouarepregnant.
*To increase the accuracy when using AST, rub the puncture
site before extracting blood.
About Alternative Site Testing (AST)