Virtually Painfree Testing - Alternate Testing Sites
Self-monitoring of blood glucose is an important part of the treatment plan for people with diabetes. It helps you develop your individual blood glucose profile, so you and your health care team can plan your particular diabetes management regimen. It provides you with the ability to make day-to-day treatment choices with meals and physical activity as well as with oral agents and insulin, and it helps you recognize and understand the effect of lifestyle and diabetes medication on your diabetes control.
More frequent self-monitoring has been associated with better glucose control, regardless of the diabetes type or therapy. However, barriers to frequent testing include the pain associated with the required finger stick along with the accumulated trauma to the fingers. With our various meters you can enjoy the benefits of Virtually Pain-Free Testing and the flexibility of the most test sites available through alternate site testing. The term alternate site testing (AST) means using parts of the body other than the fingertips to obtain blood for blood glucose testing. |
