Abbott Precision Xtra User Manual

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51▼ Important Information about Using BloodSamples from the Forearm, Upper Arm, or Baseof the Thumb:• Contact your healthcare professional before youbegin using any one of these alternative sites to testyour blood glucose.• Sampling from any one of these alternative sites maycause minor bruising and may leave marks that goaway in a short time.• There may be times when alternative site results aredifferent from fingertip results. This happens whenblood glucose levels change rapidly (for example,after you eat a meal, after you take insulin, or duringor after exercise).• Use alternative sites to monitor your blood glucosebefore, or more than two hours after, you eat a meal,take insulin, or exercise.• Do not use blood samples from alternative siteswhen:1. You think your blood glucose is low or changingrapidly,2. You have been diagnosed with hypoglycemicunawareness,3. The results from alternative sites do not matchthe way you feel,4. It is within two hours of eating a meal, takinginsulin, or exercising, or5. You monitor your blood ketone.Specifications& Limitations