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**MannoFr** · 07-14-2012, 02:06 PM

Pricking finger tip is the first step to get blood drop sample for glucose test!

You are right. You use tiny lancets which are commercially available in sterile package. As an extra precaution you should wipe the area of the finger with an alcohol swab (to prevent any surface contamination from entering the blood stream) and wipe off the blood and clean the surface with the same swab after the sample has been drawn into glucose strip to prevent any further infection.

07-14-2012, 02:06 PM	#21
MannoFr Join Date Mar 2007 Posts 4,451 Senior Member	Pricking finger tip is the first step to get blood drop sample for glucose test! You are right. You use tiny lancets which are commercially available in sterile package. As an extra precaution you should wipe the area of the finger with an alcohol swab (to prevent any surface contamination from entering the blood stream) and wipe off the blood and clean the surface with the same swab after the sample has been drawn into glucose strip to prevent any further infection.
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