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YOU NEED?
Safely Glucometer
How
Dispose of LancetDevice&lancets
TestStrips
Sweet
materials Bandaid
AlcoholSwab
Are You?
BloodSugarTestLog
Cleanyourskinwithanalcohol
swap
Putonabandaid
Removetheteststripanddispose
OPTIMAL BLOOD
ofthestripinthebiohazardbox GLUCOSE RANGES
Removethelancetfromthelancing
deviceanddisposeofitinthe FastingBloodGlucose
biohazardbox
70130mg/dl
A Future Healthcare
Postprandial Professional's Guide
to using a Glucometer
<180mg/dl with Empathy
The more a clinician knows about
cap
Replacethegrayendcap
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Makesureyouhaveenoughofablood
Adjustpuncturesitetodesired drawtoobtainresults
setting
Puncture Touchthetipoftheteststriptothe
dropofbloodandwaitforthereading
PRESS THE GRAY BUTTON ON RecordResultsinlogbookorapp
THE LANCING DEVICE
PREPARE THE GLUCOMETER DONOTSQUEEZEaroundthe
Turnontheglucometerby puncturesiteasthiscaninterfere
pressing"OK"for2seconds
withreading
Inserttheteststrip,placingthe
Waitforadropofbloodtoform
gray,microchipendintothestrip
portmakesurethegrayportion
andproceedtonextstep
goesdirectlyintotheglucometer
A Few Tracking Apps
PREPARE THE PUNCTURE SITE
Washyour DiabetesInCheck
hands DiabetesTracker
Choosea
puncturesite DiabeticConnect
justoffthe GlucoseBuddy
centerofpad
cleanthe
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sitewithan
alcoholswab