Arkon PRT03831-xxx manual Prepare for lancing. con’t, Finger, Your forearm

				Section 7	59
			Calibrate Your System/Test Blood Glucose Manually
Steps			Do This
4. Prepare for lancing. (con’t)			g. Select the lancing device depth setting.
		If you are lancing		Then
	• A finger.			Set the depth setting to its shallowest depth (1).
	• Your forearm.			Start at Level (2) or higher if your experience with
				setting 2 does not produce a usable sample.
			• The FreeStyle® Lancing Device offers four different depth
				settings. Move the dial to the desired setting as shown
				in the depth indicator window. Level 1 is the shallowest
				depth; Level 4 is the deepest. To lance parts of the body
				other than the finger, we recommend that you start at
				Level (2) and use the clear cap.
				To lance your finger, we recommend that you set the
				depth setting to its shallowest depth (1) and use the
				grey cap.

h.Pull the dark grey cocking handle out until it clicks.

Note: You may have already cocked the device in Step 4d.

	i. Prepare the site:
If you are using	Then to stimulate blood flow
• A finger.	Warm your hand, lower it to waist level, and
	gently massage the finger.

•Your forearm.Rub the test site vigorously until you feel it getting warm (three to five seconds).

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