This month’s OneTouchGold features an article about trusting your glucometer. Most of us have experienced numbers that didn’t seem right, or retested to find the number a lot higher or a lot lower than the previous test.
According to OneTouch, “A meter reading is considered accurate when it is within 20% of a laboratory measurement.”
Really? 20%? As someone with type 2 I find that frustrating enough. If my blood sugar is actually 100 mg/dL it can read anywhere from 80 to 120? Isn’t it hard to know how well you’re doing if the range is that much? But if I was correcting with insulin - how in the world would I know how much to take? If my blood sugar is 250 mg/dL that would give me a range of 200 to 300! That’s a huge difference for figuring corrections!
They gave a couple hints to improve accuracy - like wash your hands before testing. Lotions on your skin can screw up the test.
This month’s OneTouchGold features an article about trusting your glucometer. Most of us have experienced numbers that didn’t seem right, or retested to find the number a lot higher or a lot lower than the previous test.
According to OneTouch, “A meter reading is considered accurate when it is within 20% of a laboratory measurement.”
Really? 20%? As someone with type 2 I find that frustrating enough. If my blood sugar is actually 100 mg/dL it can read anywhere from 80 to 120? Isn’t it hard to know how well you’re doing if the range is that much? But if I was correcting with insulin - how in the world would I know how much to take? If my blood sugar is 250 mg/dL that would give me a range of 200 to 300! That’s a huge difference for figuring corrections!
They gave a couple hints to improve accuracy - like wash your hands before testing. Lotions on your skin can screw up the test.
I’m still reeling from 20%.