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How do you use a glucose lancing device?
Place the tip covering the lancet on the side of your fingertip to avoid making the frequently used part of your finger sore. Press the button to discharge the lancet. Depending on your glucose monitor, you may be able to test your blood glucose from other sites, such as your forearm or thigh.
How do you use a single use lancet?
Twist and pull the long piece of safety plastic off the end of the lancet. Then, hold lancet between two fingers. Place against the finger you wish to draw blood from and press down until you hear a click. Please Note – Under no circumstances should you use materials other than the lancets included in your test kit.
How do you open a lancet?
Place and hold onto the finger you wish to draw blood from and press down on the large yellow button until you hear a click. Twist and pull the long piece of safety plastic off the end of the lancet.
What do the numbers mean on a lancing device?
The device has 13 puncture depth settings. Each dot shown between numbers 1 to 7 on the Depth Wheel indicates an additional available depth setting. Adjust the depth by turning the depth wheel. Smaller numbers are for a shallower puncture and larger numbers for a deeper puncture.
How do you finger lancet?
Using a sterile lancet, make a skin puncture just off the center of the finger pad. Wipe away the first drop of blood (which tends to contain excess tissue fluid). pressure to the surrounding tissue until another drop of blood appears. Avoid “milking”.
What are the numbers on the lancing device?
Each dot shown between numbers 1 to 7 on the Depth Wheel indicates an additional available depth setting. Adjust the depth by turning the depth wheel. Smaller numbers are for a shallower puncture and larger numbers for a deeper puncture.
How do you use a finger lancet?
What lancet depth should I use?
Select the first setting, 0.5, for the smallest depth of penetration, and the last setting, 5.5, for the greatest depth of penetration. Select 0.5 to 1.5 for softer-than-average skin, 2 to 3.5 for average skin, and 4 to 5.5 for harder-than-average or calloused skin. Removing the Lancet.