I've been wondering why my home test results have been higher than usual, and had been blaming myself. I use an accu-chek aviva monitor, and have done for quite a long time now.
I was wrong, its nothing I've done, its because Accu-chek (in the UK at least) have changed from giving a whole blood result to giving a blood plasma amount, which makes the result around 10% higher.
On close inspection I did find something about it in the information sheet in the box, but I don't read this every time I open a new box. Its left me feeling annoyed, but not sure who I should be annoyed with, or what I should do about it.
I thought I'd find out if I'm the only one who missed this (in which case I will be annoyed with myself) or if its a bigger problem, in which case I will be annoyed with someone else! and will use the results I get here to make a case for better communication.
If you're an accu-chek aviva user please complete the poll above
I was wrong, its nothing I've done, its because Accu-chek (in the UK at least) have changed from giving a whole blood result to giving a blood plasma amount, which makes the result around 10% higher.
On close inspection I did find something about it in the information sheet in the box, but I don't read this every time I open a new box. Its left me feeling annoyed, but not sure who I should be annoyed with, or what I should do about it.
I thought I'd find out if I'm the only one who missed this (in which case I will be annoyed with myself) or if its a bigger problem, in which case I will be annoyed with someone else! and will use the results I get here to make a case for better communication.
If you're an accu-chek aviva user please complete the poll above