Accu-Chek Performa Owner's Booklet page 23

• Do not change your treatment because of just one result.
• NEVER ignore symptoms of high or low blood glucose.
• If your blood glucose result does not match how you feel, perform a fingertip/palm
test to confirm your result. If the fingertip/palm result still does not match how you
feel, call your healthcare professional.
Tests from alternative sites may be performed:
• Immediately before a meal
• Fasting
Tests from alternative sites may NOT be performed:
• Two hours or less after eating
• After exercising
• If you are sick
• If you think your blood glucose is low
• If you often don't notice when your blood glucose is low
• During peak action time of short-acting insulin or rapid-acting insulin analogues
• Up to 2 hours after injecting a short-acting insulin or a rapid-acting insulin analogue
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