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Taking a test
Getting a blood sample from the fingertip
Choose a different puncture site each time you test.
Repeated punctures in the same spot may cause soreness
and calluses.
Before testing, wash your hands thoroughly with warm,
soapy water. Rinse and dry completely.
1. Remove the lancing device cap
Remove the cap by turning it counterclockwise and then
pulling it straight off of the device.
2. Insert a sterile lancet into the lancing
device
Align the lancet as shown
here, so that the lancet fits
into the lancet holder. Push
the lancet into the device
until it snaps into place and
is fully seated in the holder.
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