Owner`s manual

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ABOUT ALTERNATIVE SITE TESTING (AST)
Important: AST results serve as references only.
Please consult your healthcare professional before
you begin AST.
What is AST?
Alternative site testing (AST) means that people use parts
of the body other than ngertips to check their blood glu-
cose levels. This system provides you to test on your fore-
arm, upper arm, calf, or thigh with the equivalent results to
ngertip testing.
What’s the advantage?
Fingertips feel pain more read-
ily because they are full of nerve
endings (receptors). At other body
sites, since nerve endings weren’t
so condensed, you won’t feel as
much pain as at the ngertip.
When to use AST?
Food, medication, illness, stress
and exercise can affect blood glucose levels. Capillary
blood at ngertip reects these changes faster than capil-
lary blood at other sites. Therefore when testing blood glu-
cose during or immediately after meal, physical exercise, or
any other event, take blood sample from your nger only.