Accu-Chek Active - Manual (Page 31)

29 Chapter 3: Testing Your Blood Sugar
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Alternative site testing may be done:
• Immediately before a meal
• When you are in a fasting state
Alternative site testing is NOT recommended:
• After a meal (two hours or less)
• After exercise
• During sickness
• When you think your blood sugar is very low
(hypoglycemic)
• If you often don’t notice when you are
hypoglycemic
• During peak action time of short-acting or
rapid-acting insulin analogues.
• Up to two hours after injecting a short-acting
or a rapid-acting insulin analogue.