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For persons with vision loss – testing blood glucose
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7.5 Testing blood glucose
7.5.1 Obtaining blood
The best place for obtaining capillary blood is from a fingertip or an earlobe. We recommend using the side of the fingertip, as
this causes the least amount of pain.
 Wash your hands with warm water and soap, and dry well. This helps ensure proper hygiene and stimulates blood flow.
To obtain blood you first need to prime the lancing device.
 Assuming you wish to obtain blood with the lancing device docked onto the meter, pick up the meter.
 Press the plunger of the lancing device all the way down. The plunger returns about a third of the way. The lancing device
is now primed.
Do not prime the lancing device until you are ready to obtain a blood
sample.
Keeping the lancing device in this primed state can cause parts to
become misshapen through tension, impairing its operation.
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