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understand that there is a potential for a significant difference between fingertip and alternative site blood
glucose test results. The difference in capillary bed concentration and blood perfusion throughout the body
can lead to sample site-to-site differences in glucose results. These physiological effects vary between
individuals and can vary within a single individual based upon his or her behavior and relative physical
condition. Our studies involving AST of adults with diabetes show that most persons will find their glucose
level changes more quickly in the fingers' blood than the alternative sites' blood.* This is especially
important when glucose levels are falling or rising rapidly. If your patient is used to making treatment
decisions based upon fingertip readings, he or she should consider the delay, or lag-time, affecting the
reading obtained from an alternative site.
*Data on file
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