Thelma Lubkin <thelma@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu> wrote on 11 Oct 2005 23:25:08
GMT:

If the manufacturer were to be cooperative (fat chance), they could be
corrected _exactly_.

This is an instance where technology could (and should) help.  The code
number should be written onto each strip and read electronically by the
meter when the strip is inserted into it, thus obviating _another_ source
of human error.

My husband just noticed that he's gone through about 20 strips with his
Freestyle blood glucose monitor code set to 17 when it should
have been set to 12. He's not expecting to correct those readings with
any precision, but does anyone know at least what direction the
correction would go in, and better yet a back of the envelope
algorithm for a reasonable guess?

                         thanks, --thelma