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Saref Aref - 08 Apr 2006 01:14 GMT

There're still companies manufacture meters that check glucose in Whole
blood.
It's now known that such meters results are 11% to 15% Less than those which
check glucose as in plasma.
The question is : Suppose any person has one which deal with whole blood,
can he make charts while his results 11%-15% Less.
Thank you all.

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David - 08 Apr 2006 01:37 GMT

Saref Aref wrote:

> There're still companies manufacture meters that check glucose in Whole
> blood.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> can he make charts while his results 11%-15% Less.
> Thank you all.

Buy an UltraSmart or UltraSmart II when it is available and then you
won't have to worry about a conversion chart. (you could buy other
meters, but that's the one I recommend)

dve

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Shawn Hirn - 08 Apr 2006 11:47 GMT

> There're still companies manufacture meters that check glucose in Whole
> blood.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> can he make charts while his results 11%-15% Less.
> Thank you all.

All home testing meters use home blood and are subject to a small degree
of error. I am sure if you google for this topic you can find lots of
information. What I do is simply bring my BG testing meter with me when
I go for a blood test, then I test my blood immediately after the lab
technician finishes drawing blood. I then compare the results and
they're usually only a few % off, so I don't worry about it.

Much more important than any small error in your BG is your diet and the
amount of exercise you get. Be more concerned about how you control your
diabetes through an effective diet and exercise program and the test
results will take care of themselves, error or no error.

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