BIONIME GM550 - Alternative Site Testing (AST)

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Alternative Site Testing (AST)
Alternative site testing-palm or forearm blood sampling
Pressing for
a few seconds
Releasing
button
1. Choose Clear Cap and follow step 1~5 on page 24.
2. Massage the puncture area of palm or forearm for a few
seconds.
3.
Clear Cap
4. Then press the release button.
5. Continue holding the lancing device against palm or
forearm and gradually increase pressure for a few seconds
until the blood sample size is sufficient.
6.
Immediately after massaging the puncture area, press and
hold the lancing device with the against palm or
forearm.
Follow step 9~18 on page 25~27 to complete the test and
discard the used disposable lancet.
PRECAUTION
- DO NOT test on the palm or forearm if you are testing for hypoglycemia (Low blood
glucose).
- Fingertip samples can show the rapid change of glucose faster than palm or forearm
samples.
- As the blood flow taken from forearm is slower than fingertip or palm, we recommend using
the GD500 lancing device with Clear Cap for testing sites other than fingertip.
- Fingertip test only:
- Two hours or less after eating
- After exercising
- If you are sick
- If you think your blood sugar is low
- If you often don't notice when your blood sugar is low
- When basal insulin is most active
- After injecting rapid-acting insulin (two hours or less)
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- Test results may be falsely low if the patient is severely dehydrated, in shock, or in a
hyperosmolar state (with or without ketosis). Critically ill patients should not be tested by
blood glucose meters.
- Grossly lipemic patient samples have not been tested and are not recommended for
testing with blood glucose meters
Alternative Site Testing (AST)
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