How to beat A Diabetes Blood Test

00:05prepare your kit you will need a meter

00:10test strips a finger pressure or lancing

00:14device a Lancet cotton wool and a

00:20monitoring diary to record the results

00:24step 1 wash your hands first make sure

00:28your hands are thoroughly dry before

00:31starting the test load a new Lancet into

00:35the finger pressure or lancing device

00:47snaps in there

00:52load a test strip into the blood glucose

01:00meter this will switches off as you put

01:07the test strip in click your finger at

01:13the sides as it's less painful than at

01:16the tip or at the pad so break it on the

01:20sides just here give a little squeeze

01:29not too hard if you need squeezed too

01:32hard then take another test and prick

01:36your finger again just check the machine

01:40is on before you put the blood on to the

01:44strip the result should appear within a

01:49few seconds and there we go it's a