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Chapter 3: Testing Your Blood Sugar ACCU-CHEK Customer Care Service Center 1-800-858-8072
Alternative site testing may be done:
• I
mm
ediately before a
m
eal
•
W
hen you are in a fasting state
Alternative site testing is NOT recommended:
• After a
m
eal
(
two hours or less
)
• After exercise
•
D
uring sickness
•
W
hen you think your blood sugar is very low
(
hyp oglyce
m
ic
)
• If yo u often don’t notice when you are
hyp oglyce
m
ic
•
D
uring peak action ti
m
e o f short-a cting or
rapi d-acting insuli n analogues.
•
U
p to two hours after injecting a short-acting
or a rapid-acting insulin analogue.