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Meter discrepancies, which one?
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<blockquote data-quote="LittleGreyCat" data-source="post: 1633908" data-attributes="member: 6467"><p>The only way to know if there is a consistent difference is to do as you suggest. Test them side by side on the same drop of blood.</p><p></p><p>If it is just random variance then you should see them agree sometimes and be higher or lower other times.</p><p></p><p>If one meter is reading consistently lower than the other then there is some kind of bias.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if some read slightly high (like car speedometers) or slightly low for a percieved safety margin.</p><p></p><p>All I can add from my own experience is that I decided to test my new ketone meter but put the BG strip in by mistake. Tested on the same drop of blood and got something like a 5.1 when my usual BG meter was about 5.6. I was thinking I might have overdone the ketones a bit until the penny dropped. I haven't cross checked since (normally have only a very small drop of blood) but you do wonder if some read high and some read low. Consistency is the main thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleGreyCat, post: 1633908, member: 6467"] The only way to know if there is a consistent difference is to do as you suggest. Test them side by side on the same drop of blood. If it is just random variance then you should see them agree sometimes and be higher or lower other times. If one meter is reading consistently lower than the other then there is some kind of bias. I don't know if some read slightly high (like car speedometers) or slightly low for a percieved safety margin. All I can add from my own experience is that I decided to test my new ketone meter but put the BG strip in by mistake. Tested on the same drop of blood and got something like a 5.1 when my usual BG meter was about 5.6. I was thinking I might have overdone the ketones a bit until the penny dropped. I haven't cross checked since (normally have only a very small drop of blood) but you do wonder if some read high and some read low. Consistency is the main thing. [/QUOTE]
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