when it's appropriate to use "alternate site testing" for measuring blood glucose

July 2002

There's confusion about when it's appropriate to use "alternate site testing" for measuring blood glucose.

Getting a blood sample from the arm or thigh is less painful.

But blood flow is faster in the fingers...so rapid blood glucose changes may show up in the fingers about 30 minutes BEFORE other sites.

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