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<blockquote data-quote="PeterHall" data-source="post: 748757" data-attributes="member: 156935"><p>Hi</p><p>I've found a bit more on accuracy. All meters have to comply with an ISO standard which the GlucoRx products do. This states an accuracy of 15% for above 5.55 mmol/l or +/- 0.83 mmol/l below 5.55 mmol/l. Therefore, it's perfectly likely you'll get readings from 2 machines 10% apart.</p><p></p><p>GlucoRX devices are manufactured by Tai Doc in Taiwan. Other companies manufacture in Taiwan e.g i-sens (but I don't think there's any shared manufacturing as I previously thought). Relevant Tai Doc informations is here:</p><p><a href="http://www.taidoc.com/Blood-Glucose-Monitoring-System-list.html" target="_blank">http://www.taidoc.com/Blood-Glucose-Monitoring-System-list.html</a>.</p><p></p><p>Couple of other further thoughts:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Meters are only going to be as accurate as they are forced to be by standards and the progress of innovation. The ISO standard was +/-20% in 2003 so a little bit of progress. All better than trying to guess a colour on a urine stick.</li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A quick google of Roche Profits (manufacturers) of accu-chek will give you a number in the billions of whatever currency. It's time the price of strips came down and perhaps when the whole NHS starts to switch to GlucoRx then prices for all strips will drop and we'll get some choice again.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PeterHall, post: 748757, member: 156935"] Hi I've found a bit more on accuracy. All meters have to comply with an ISO standard which the GlucoRx products do. This states an accuracy of 15% for above 5.55 mmol/l or +/- 0.83 mmol/l below 5.55 mmol/l. Therefore, it's perfectly likely you'll get readings from 2 machines 10% apart. GlucoRX devices are manufactured by Tai Doc in Taiwan. Other companies manufacture in Taiwan e.g i-sens (but I don't think there's any shared manufacturing as I previously thought). Relevant Tai Doc informations is here: [URL]http://www.taidoc.com/Blood-Glucose-Monitoring-System-list.html[/URL]. Couple of other further thoughts: [LIST] [*]Meters are only going to be as accurate as they are forced to be by standards and the progress of innovation. The ISO standard was +/-20% in 2003 so a little bit of progress. All better than trying to guess a colour on a urine stick. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]A quick google of Roche Profits (manufacturers) of accu-chek will give you a number in the billions of whatever currency. It's time the price of strips came down and perhaps when the whole NHS starts to switch to GlucoRx then prices for all strips will drop and we'll get some choice again. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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