WARNING
Do not change your treatment because of just one result.
NEVER ignore symptoms of high or low blood glucose.
Do not use an AST measurement to calibrate a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) device or to
make insulin dosing calculations.
If your blood glucose result does not match how you feel, do a fingertip test to confirm your result.
If the fingertip result still does not match how you feel, contact your healthcare professional.
Tests from the palm, forearm, or upper arm may be performed:
• Immediately before a meal
• Fasting
Tests from the palm, forearm, or upper arm may NOT be performed:
• Two hours or less after eating
• After exercising
• If you are sick
• If you think your blood glucose is low
• If you often don’t notice when your blood glucose is low
• During peak action time of short‑acting insulin or rapid‑acting insulin analogues
• Up to 2 hours after injecting a short‑acting insulin or a rapid‑acting insulin analogue
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