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Getting the Blood Drop:
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| Fingertip Testing— | |
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| The depth of the puncture | |
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| depends upon the adjustable | |
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| endcap setting you choose and | |
Shallow | Deep | the amount of pressure applied | |
to the puncture site. You should | |||
Puncture | Puncture | ||
Testing |
| determine which combination | |
| works best. | ||
| Press the endcap firmly against | ||
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| the puncture site and press | |
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| the blue release button. |
Getting the Blood Drop
Wait a few seconds. Stroke your hand and finger towards the puncture site to form a drop of blood. Do not squeeze around the puncture site (“milking“).
Test immediately after you have formed a blood drop (see
page 12).
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