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TEE2 blood glucose meter

Sean57

Sean57

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Good afternoon.

My Mother has T2 diabetes and she uses a TEE 2 blood glucose meter. She recently purchased another one, and she's now using 2 Tee 2 meters at the same time, when she's doing her testing with the same blood sample. This is giving her 2 different readings, one being a higher reading than the other. She's now unsure which one is giving a correct test result. Could you please advise what she's best doing.

Many thanks

Shaun.
 
Hi Shaun
All meters have to comply with the same accuracy standards of + / - 15% so as you can see they are not as accurate as people think. The problem with using 2 meters is you have no idea which one is the closest to your real glucose levels. It's possible one could read 15% high & the other 15% low, the manufacturer would consider both to be acceptable. The fact is you could take another test with a new strip in the same meter and still get a different results. The only way to get a truly accurate blood glucose level is to have the sample of blood tested in a lab.
I suggest your mother just uses the one she likes best and keeps the other as a spare
 
catinahat said:
Hi Shaun
All meters have to comply with the same accuracy standards of + / - 15% so as you can see they are not as accurate as people think. The problem with using 2 meters is you have no idea which one is the closest to your real glucose levels. It's possible one could read 15% high & the other 15% low, the manufacturer would consider both to be acceptable. The fact is you could take another test with a new strip in the same meter and still get a different results. The only way to get a truly accurate blood glucose level is to have the sample of blood tested in a lab.
I suggest your mother just uses the one she likes best and keeps the other as a spare
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my tee2 meter gives a low reading (2.1) i retest and get (5.3) ive used the test solution and its within range
 
Really they are showing an approximation of what the sugar level is. If you think plus .5 or minus .5 of what they display, your within that range. There is no need for absolute accuracy, it's trends that are more important.
 
Keith Bradfield said:
my tee2 meter gives a low reading (2.1) i retest and get (5.3) ive used the test solution and its within range
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It could be a bad or contaminated strip - you did the right thing to retest. I think if you had genuinely been 2.1 you would have felt hypo symptoms. Bad strips do happen from time to to time
 
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