Meter variance

winglets said:

I hear there's approximately a +-15% variation with bg readings. So for example if you got a reading of 7.0 would that still be acceptable for a non diabetic post prandial, WITH taking meter variance into account?

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Personally I do not like 7 and I don’t assume it’s always going to have a variance. It’s allowed but they’re not always wrong and there’s no way to tell. We all get rouge readings and if mine is way off from expected I wash my hands again and retest.
Generally we’re looking for trends rather than absolute

I will not comment and whether it is acceptable for a someone without diabetes*: I will just comment that if the tolerance of most meters is +/-15%, a reading of 7.0 could mean anything from 5.95 to 8.05.

*Just as an aside, I try to avoid referring to someone as a diabetic because that feels as if they are being defined by their diabetes. I wonder if the correct thing, therefore, is not to define someone without diabetes by their non-diabeticness and avoid calling them a non-diabetic. Perhaps I am just over-thinking it all.

I dont think that is a question that can be answered based on a single reading but is more relevant is looking at the pattern of readings and how well they reflect the subsequent hba1c result - the first bit information will give someone an insight into their control and the effects of individual foods on that control. The second piece of information will give a rough but still useful indication as to the overall accuracy of an individual meter