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Chapter 2: Testing Your Blood Glucose
Performing a Blood Glucose Test
Before you perform your first blood test, set up your meter correctly. You need the meter, a
test strip, and a lancet device with a lancet loaded.
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1. Prepare your lancet device.
2. Wash and dry your hands.
3. Insert a test strip into the meter in the
direction of the arrows. The meter turns on.
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4. Make sure the code number on the
display matches the code number on the
test strip container. If you miss seeing
the code number, remove the test strip
and reinsert it into the meter.
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