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There are important limitations to AST. Please consult your

healthcare professional before you perform AST.

What is AST?

Alternative Site Testing (AST) means you can use parts of the body

other than your ﬁngertips to check your blood glucose levels. The

Prodigy

Pocket Meter allows you to test your palm, forearm, upper

arm, calf or thigh. See Figure 1.

What is the advantage?

Fingertips feel pain more readily

because they are full of nerve endings

(receptors). At other body sites, nerve

endings are not so numerous and you

will not feel as much pain as you will

experience at the ﬁngertip.

When to use AST?

Food, medication, illness, stress, and

exercise can affect blood glucose levels.

Capillary blood at the ngertip reects

these changes faster than capillary

blood at other sites. Therefore, if you

are testing your blood glucose level

during or immediately after a meal,

physical exercise or stressful event,

take the blood sample from your ﬁngertip only.

About Alternative Site Testing (AST)

Figure 1

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