I tried it out of fairness when my practice switched, but found it inaccurate. In my opinion, it is not suitable for insulin users as it gives a consistently higher reading . So you can be having full blown hypo symptoms and according to the meter, your bloods are in the normal range
. As I bolus using a BG reading as part of the calculation for dosage, I found I was hypo more often ( but not according to the **** meter
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It also wasted a lot of test strips due to error messages, and the strips come in tubs of 25, not 50. So my first script was for 25 strips, which last me only a few days .
I did argue for the reinstation of my Contour XT strips, using evidence from my readings before and after using the Glucolab, and had assistance from my hospital DSN who prescribed the Contour . My strips were changed back to the Contour ones and a minimum amount of 200 .
I'm my opinion, as a cost saver, this meter doesn't save money due to the unacceptably high wastage of test strips. For use with insulin calculations, it is dangerous . To be fair, my practice have taken my concerns on board , and will not be prescribing this model as a standard one any more, instead prescribing the Wavesense Jazz. I understood from my meeting with the practice manager, that there is some flexibility in allowing insulin users to continue using their current meter if it is on a list of cost effective meters. Contour and the Freestyle are OK, but one I remember not being on that list was the Accucheck Mobile .
Of course, it's different in each area
Signy
