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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Hammer" data-source="post: 586142" data-attributes="member: 90305"><p>I have received the kit yesterday and am reading up all the blurb at the moment. The tests need to be kept refrigerated (2 - 8 C) to last to the expiry date, which at 14/07/15 is almost exactly 12 months, so I guess that I will be able to do 1 a month. They can be kept out of the fridge (18 - 28 C) for up to 4 months prior to use after which they would have to be thrown away.</p><p>I will try a test at the weekend and let you know what I get. There is lots of data about accuracy, saying that for the fingerprick test (which I will do) is 99% accurate which sounds good! but then the accuracy of a single test could be as much as -1.0% or +0.8% which sounds like a huge variation. " This represents the 95% confidence limits of a Bland-Altman plot" not that this means much to me!</p><p>My last HbA1C was 37 (5.5%) so if my level remains much the same I could get between 4.5% and 6.3% but maybe it will be better at showing trends rather than outright levels. Next time I have a "real" reading taken I will do one of these on the same day to compare.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Hammer, post: 586142, member: 90305"] I have received the kit yesterday and am reading up all the blurb at the moment. The tests need to be kept refrigerated (2 - 8 C) to last to the expiry date, which at 14/07/15 is almost exactly 12 months, so I guess that I will be able to do 1 a month. They can be kept out of the fridge (18 - 28 C) for up to 4 months prior to use after which they would have to be thrown away. I will try a test at the weekend and let you know what I get. There is lots of data about accuracy, saying that for the fingerprick test (which I will do) is 99% accurate which sounds good! but then the accuracy of a single test could be as much as -1.0% or +0.8% which sounds like a huge variation. " This represents the 95% confidence limits of a Bland-Altman plot" not that this means much to me! My last HbA1C was 37 (5.5%) so if my level remains much the same I could get between 4.5% and 6.3% but maybe it will be better at showing trends rather than outright levels. Next time I have a "real" reading taken I will do one of these on the same day to compare. [/QUOTE]
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