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<blockquote data-quote="logindetails" data-source="post: 684387" data-attributes="member: 83701"><p>Abbott have never said that it doesn't work around meal times.</p><p>As with all devices that measure glucose via interstitial fluid there is a time lag of 10 to 20 minutes compared to glucose measured from capillary blood. This lag will be there whether glucose levels are constant or changing rapidly.</p><p>The only times you need to double check scan reading with a finger prick is when the scan shows your glucose level is falling into hypo territory and after a meal if a scan shows your glucose level rising more than you expect - in both cases you take the fingerprick reading to base remedial actions on.</p><p>Of course this all depends on the sensor being accurate or at least giving a constant error - this is my pet peeve - not the time lag.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="logindetails, post: 684387, member: 83701"] Abbott have never said that it doesn't work around meal times. As with all devices that measure glucose via interstitial fluid there is a time lag of 10 to 20 minutes compared to glucose measured from capillary blood. This lag will be there whether glucose levels are constant or changing rapidly. The only times you need to double check scan reading with a finger prick is when the scan shows your glucose level is falling into hypo territory and after a meal if a scan shows your glucose level rising more than you expect - in both cases you take the fingerprick reading to base remedial actions on. Of course this all depends on the sensor being accurate or at least giving a constant error - this is my pet peeve - not the time lag. [/QUOTE]
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