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Monitor Blood Glucose - Series

Part 1

Set up the meter according to the specific directions that come with your meter. Get the supplies ready, including a new test strip and disposable lancet. Place the lancet into the lancing device.

Part 1

Part 2

Insert a new test strip into the meter.

Part 2

Part 3

Wash your hands. Then, gently prick the side (the less sensitive part) of your finger with the lancet to draw out a drop of blood.

Step 3

Part 4

Touch the test strip to the drop of blood. The blood is automatically pulled into the test strip. The meter then calculates your blood glucose level.

Part 4

Part 5

In your logbook, record the time of day and the blood sugar reading that shows on the glucometer. Some meters keep a log automatically.

Part 5

Review Date: May 20, 2009
Reviewed By: Deborah Wexler, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Endocrinologist, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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