meter problems?

[trailrunner]

Hey y'all, question here, I have two meters ,A hypoguard meter with takes a larger sample and 15 sec for a reading and a one touch ultra which uses a smaller sample and only 5 seconds . My Hypoguard is occaisionaly giving me higher readings than the 1 touch, and other times it's with in 5 points. I am more inclined to trust the hypoguard, because when I inject ,I don't get hypos. Also the one touch takes a bigger sample so maybe it's more accurate. What do you guys think? Thanks claire

[vrocco1]

You know, a person with two watches (in the old days) was never quite sure what time it is. Settle on one meter, and stick with it. We have enough to worry about without comparing two meters and making it more complicated.

[parrotletzoo]

you can have your meters tested for accuracy when you have a lab draw. at the time you have blood drawn for random glucose you test your bs and report the number tothe lab. they will let your dr know if you meter is within 15% accuracy. My endo has my meter tested once a year. I have had meters that were inaccurate before and i had no idea.. Meter companies should replace a non accurate meter at no cost.

[trailrunner]

I mean my hypoquard takes a larger sample.:)

[sbuff28@charter]

Im not sure about the hypoguard but the one touch is usually pretty good. All meters I have seen has a good amount or variability. No meter is particulary better unless there is some data out there i am unaware of. They all pretty much run about + or - 10% accuacy with a Gaussian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution) Distribution normatter what meter you have in my opinion.

The medical industry is slacking

[lgvincent]

I have a HypoGuard QuickTek but I've never compared it to a lab so I don't know how accurate it is. Of those I have checked, the Accu-Chek Complete and the Freestyle Flash have always been within 2 or 3 mg/dL of the lab reading while the OneTouch UltraSmart has missed the lab results by as much as 33%.

[kgm0612]

All meters vary in the readings they give. When I started on the pump back in December, I switched from the One Touch Ultra over to the BD Paradign Link Meter that interacts with the pump. For several weeks I was actually testing on both because the BD meter was giving me readings 25-30 points higher than the Ultrasmart. When I went for my lab work, I took both meters with me and tested as soon as my blood was drawn from my arm. The readings were as follows:
One Touch Ultrasmart had a reading of 132
BD Paradign Link had a reading of 137
Actual Blood draw was 139


Karen