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Chapter 2: Testing Your Blood Glucose
Performing a Blood Glucose Test
NOTE
• Set up the meter before you perform your first blood glucose test.
• Blood samples taken from the palm are equivalent to blood samples taken from the fingertip. For
detailed information on how to obtain blood from the palm, refer to the Alternative Site Testing (AST)
section, steps 4 and 5.
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