Blood Glucose Test

Some people with Diabetes have to do blood glucose tests.

This test will tell if your blood glucose levels are:

Good    OK Bad

 

Your levels are an indication for you to decide what sort of food, drink and exercise you need to have.

Do you Have to have Blood Tests?

Tick if you have blood tests

If you have to have blood tests, write in the clocks the times you have them

 

      

     

 

Tick which part of the blood glucose test you do by yourself .

  Get the Blood Glucose Testing Kit

    Wash Hands 

  Insert the Strip into the Machine

 

Prick the Side of Finger with the Lancet  

   Dispose of the Lancet into the Sharps container

 

Press Finger to Squeeze out a Drop of Blood and Put on the Strip

    Wait for Results

 

   Write the Results in Diary

 

Ask what the result is and what I need to do.

Your doctor will tell you what you blood glucose level should be.

 

"Low" blood glucose level may be because you have :

                     Missed Eating a  Meal   

       

                  Not Eaten Enough Carbohydrates  

        

      Had too much Medication or Insulin

 

"High" blood glucose level may be because you have:

 

               Eaten too much Fatty or Sugary Food          

 

  Not Taken your Diabetes Medication or Insulin     

 

                   Not Done Enough Exercise

 

Or been Sick

 

  

 

If you blood glucose levels are low or high you need to tell somebody who can help you.