Comparing Meter Accuracy

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A new study of 27 meters. Those brands with speech we have discussed are

not among them. However because they derive from taiwan technology looking

at the meters from taiwan can be suggestive only because we don't know if

any of them have the same technology. Most failed to meet minimal

standards.

Here is the news report, followed by a bit of it, followed by a link to the

research paper.

http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/125125/comparing-accuracy

In my 15 years of following diabetes developments I haven't seen a

single scientific comparison of the blood glucose meters that we have

to work with. Until now.

And now we have a study that compares meters from the major brands as

well as some minor ones. The study compared 27 blood glucose

monitoring systems including systems from the big four on the American

market, LifeScan, Roche, Bayer, and Abbott. These are the four

companies that seem to have a lock on reimbursement from almost all

medical insurance plans.

Here is the research paper:

http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/dia.2009.0128.

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