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<blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 225908" data-attributes="member: 12578"><p>All meters in the US give plasma readings and have for some years. As Sid says the changeover was later in the UK and for some years there were meters like the one touch ones that gave plasma readings and the Accuchek which gave whole blood readings until the end of last year The strip itself rather than the meter determines the result (ie how it's calibrated )</p><p>As for mg/dl and mmol/l you get familiar with the one you're used to.</p><p> The meters/strips aren't really different from country to country, I use strips from a mg/dl country in a mmol/l meter.</p><p>My first meter could easily be altered from one unit to the other. The regulating authorities discovered that some people were changing the units by accident . There was a potential for mistakes so in the EU manufacturers were compelled to disable the mechanism.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phoenix, post: 225908, member: 12578"] All meters in the US give plasma readings and have for some years. As Sid says the changeover was later in the UK and for some years there were meters like the one touch ones that gave plasma readings and the Accuchek which gave whole blood readings until the end of last year The strip itself rather than the meter determines the result (ie how it's calibrated ) As for mg/dl and mmol/l you get familiar with the one you're used to. The meters/strips aren't really different from country to country, I use strips from a mg/dl country in a mmol/l meter. My first meter could easily be altered from one unit to the other. The regulating authorities discovered that some people were changing the units by accident . There was a potential for mistakes so in the EU manufacturers were compelled to disable the mechanism. [/QUOTE]
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