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w WARNINGS:
• Do not change your treatment because of just one blood sugar test result.
• NEVER ignore symptoms of high or low blood sugar.
• If your blood sugar result does not match how you feel, perform a fingertip test to confirm your result.
If the fingertip result still does not match how you feel, contact your healthcare professional.
Alternative site testing may be done:
• Immediately before a meal
• Fasting
DO NOT test from an alternative site:
• Two hours or less after eating
• After exercising
• If you are sick
• If you think your blood sugar is low
• If you often do not notice when your blood sugar is low
• During peak action time of short‑acting insulin or rapid‑acting insulin analogues
• Up to two hours after injecting a short‑acting insulin or rapid‑acting insulin analogue