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<blockquote data-quote="ians1" data-source="post: 73422" data-attributes="member: 10560"><p>Having a "calibrated" meter does not mean the same as an accurate meter, it just means the errors are within limits.</p><p></p><p>With this in mind it may be that all the meters and all the readings are "accurate" within the calibrated limits for each type of meter and test strip.</p><p></p><p>With things such as temperature, humidity and altitude influencing the results it can be easy to incur quite large errors that deviate more than the manufacturers specification.</p><p></p><p>There is not really an accurate way to compare these meters with a single blood sample, a known standard solution of sugar could be used and divided up into samples for each meter to avoid contamination. The solution could be measused using laboratory standard equipment (which should be at least an order of magnitude more accurate than the meter under test). </p><p></p><p>The whole test would need to be under controlled conditions of temperature, humidity etc to be of any value.</p><p></p><p>As these meters use differing chemistry to measure blood glucose I think I would expect differing results for the same sample anyway.</p><p></p><p>ian 8)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ians1, post: 73422, member: 10560"] Having a "calibrated" meter does not mean the same as an accurate meter, it just means the errors are within limits. With this in mind it may be that all the meters and all the readings are "accurate" within the calibrated limits for each type of meter and test strip. With things such as temperature, humidity and altitude influencing the results it can be easy to incur quite large errors that deviate more than the manufacturers specification. There is not really an accurate way to compare these meters with a single blood sample, a known standard solution of sugar could be used and divided up into samples for each meter to avoid contamination. The solution could be measused using laboratory standard equipment (which should be at least an order of magnitude more accurate than the meter under test). The whole test would need to be under controlled conditions of temperature, humidity etc to be of any value. As these meters use differing chemistry to measure blood glucose I think I would expect differing results for the same sample anyway. ian 8) [/QUOTE]
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