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Testing blood glucose 3

3.1  Preparing the lancing device

AST cap

you can use the lancing device to obtain blood from a 

fingertip or from alternate sites. You can choose one of 

11 different penetration depth settings to suit your own 

skin type. 

you can use the lancing device either docked on to the 

meter or separately from the meter.

If you wish to obtain blood from alternate sites (such as 

the fleshy areas under the thumb and under the little 

finger, forearm, upper arm, calf or thigh), you must 

replace the black cap on the lancing device with a 

special AST cap (AST stands for alternate site testing). 

If there is no AST cap in the pack, you can order one 

from Accu-Chek Customer Care. 

Make sure you also read the instructions for use that 

come with the AST cap before using blood from alter-

nate sites for a blood glucose test.