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<blockquote data-quote="Bill_St" data-source="post: 2105317" data-attributes="member: 310899"><p>Beware taking claims of “accuracy” from users on the internet.</p><p>At least read some of the peer reviewed medical papers (including those comparing accuracy)</p><p></p><p>Particularly beware of any claims of improved accuracy that mention calibration.</p><p></p><p>Just consider how they claim “it” to be “more” accurate.</p><p>Blood is tested with a strip and BGM: a sensor is calibrated to be the same as that BG reading: someone then claims it is more accurate because it IS reading the same! Now do searches on BGM accuracy.....BGM errors....strip errors.</p><p></p><p>The only real useful comparison is using professional blood glucose measurement as a standard. Something like YSI. As used in medical trials of accuracy under highly controlled conditions (and care in testing)</p><p></p><p>At low levels even the YSI has readings duplicated and rejected due to accuracy deviations of up to 10% on a single sample.</p><p>Does your home test with a meter costing a few pounds and strip costing pence really provide better results than equipment used by trained operators costing hundreds of thousands?</p><p>What value should we place upon the opinions of those that consider they and there equipment is/are better?</p><p></p><p>Single readings of levels are almost always inaccurate - professional tests rely upon hundreds or even thousands of levels that are then graphically or mathematically analysed to provide the one “accurate” level.</p><p>How many individuals actually do more than even one single strip reading to “calibrate”?</p><p>And how many different BGM do they use?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bill_St, post: 2105317, member: 310899"] Beware taking claims of “accuracy” from users on the internet. At least read some of the peer reviewed medical papers (including those comparing accuracy) Particularly beware of any claims of improved accuracy that mention calibration. Just consider how they claim “it” to be “more” accurate. Blood is tested with a strip and BGM: a sensor is calibrated to be the same as that BG reading: someone then claims it is more accurate because it IS reading the same! Now do searches on BGM accuracy.....BGM errors....strip errors. The only real useful comparison is using professional blood glucose measurement as a standard. Something like YSI. As used in medical trials of accuracy under highly controlled conditions (and care in testing) At low levels even the YSI has readings duplicated and rejected due to accuracy deviations of up to 10% on a single sample. Does your home test with a meter costing a few pounds and strip costing pence really provide better results than equipment used by trained operators costing hundreds of thousands? What value should we place upon the opinions of those that consider they and there equipment is/are better? Single readings of levels are almost always inaccurate - professional tests rely upon hundreds or even thousands of levels that are then graphically or mathematically analysed to provide the one “accurate” level. How many individuals actually do more than even one single strip reading to “calibrate”? And how many different BGM do they use? [/QUOTE]
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