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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / April 2006To Ozgirl
Hi ..... My meter's Accu-chek Go and my software program is Compass. Now I think all meters in Australia read glucose level in whole blood. This type of meter's readings are 11% to 15% less than meters that read as plasma. So it's not right to make any charts by meters reding whole blood. I ask you have you any idea about this issue, and what are you doing?? Thank you Saref Aref wrote: > Hi ..... > My meter's Accu-chek Go and my software program is Compass. Now I > think all meters in Australia read glucose level in whole blood. This > type of meter's readings are 11% to 15% less than meters that read as > plasma. > So it's not right to make any charts by meters reding whole blood. > I ask you have you any idea about this issue, and what are you doing?? Ok, well I wasn't sure what they read so I rang Roche, because I needed batteries anyway. I have the Accu-Chek Active, according to the girl on the Accu-Chek hotline, it reads whole blood. For what it is worth, my A1c's (plasma) co-relate quite accurately to my bg averages, according to a Plasma A1c chart. My last A1c was 4.7 and according to the plasma chart I use that co-relates to an average of 5.0 mmol/L and that's about where I am most of the time. > Saref Aref wrote: >> Hi ..... [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > chart I use that co-relates to an average of 5.0 mmol/L and > that's about where I am most of the time. Hello, Saref and Ozgirl Don't all home bg meters test whole blood only? Some of them then make an internal adjustment of the result so that it is displayed as if it were a plasma reading though it is not. At least that was so the last time I looked into it. Things may have changed. There is that Swedish meter which has extremely accurate and correct results. I saw a post about it here at some point, and I think there is a review of the Professional version on David Mendoza's site. That meter seems to be doing something different than the rest. A little impractical because the strips need refrigeration... But kind regards to you both, rudy bantista@thuntek.net T2, last A1c, 5.9, diet and walking, walking, walking... |
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