A device for sampling body fluid includes a housing having a sleeve at a
forward end thereof which is displaceable in response to being pressed
against a user's skin to trigger the firing of a lancet. After the lancet
is removed from the incision, the sleeve is repeatedly pressed against
the skin to depress a ring of body tissue in surrounding relationship to
the incision to express body fluid outwardly through the incision. A
pusher member is then actuated to push a capillary tube through a front
end of the housing for drawing-in body fluid. The lancet is a disposable
lancet which includes a body supporting a skin-lancing member and the
capillary tube. The disposable lancet passes through an upper end of a
lancet carrier when being installed or removed. The device cannot be
armed until the disposable lancet is installed in the housing, because
the capillary tube functions to push a safety device to a non-safety
position.