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<blockquote data-quote="fkarno" data-source="post: 973809" data-attributes="member: 74369"><p>This is nonsense. Control solution is just a sop for people who are prepared to believe anything that a manufacturer says. Blood glucose meters get official approval as long 98% of tested meters show readings within +/- 20% of the true figure. In other words, if you get a reading of 5.0, all you know is that your actual BG is somewhere between 4 and 6. The only practical way to test your meter is to take it along to the diabetes clinic and test your meter against the laboratory-quality analyser that they use. These are accurate to about 2%. If you have an accommodating GP you can also take your meter to your practice and ask them to take a sample and have it analysed for actual BG, and test your meter against a sample from the same stick.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fkarno, post: 973809, member: 74369"] This is nonsense. Control solution is just a sop for people who are prepared to believe anything that a manufacturer says. Blood glucose meters get official approval as long 98% of tested meters show readings within +/- 20% of the true figure. In other words, if you get a reading of 5.0, all you know is that your actual BG is somewhere between 4 and 6. The only practical way to test your meter is to take it along to the diabetes clinic and test your meter against the laboratory-quality analyser that they use. These are accurate to about 2%. If you have an accommodating GP you can also take your meter to your practice and ask them to take a sample and have it analysed for actual BG, and test your meter against a sample from the same stick. [/QUOTE]
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