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<blockquote data-quote="sugar2" data-source="post: 218018" data-attributes="member: 6681"><p>I think that you are experiencing the inaccuracies of the test strips.meters. Definaetly getteh control solution for both to check them out...but I am always amazed what a wide range is acceptable....why give us x.x reading if it isn't reallythat accurate.</p><p></p><p>I gusee (and it is a guess!) back in the day, when these meters were develped, they were aimed at type 1s, who, had been using to urine testing, or looking at the change of colour on a strip.......so even ths +/- 10% accuracy that the meters claimed was a massive leap forward....and also because, at that time, it was nice just to have something that would indicate...low, OK..high! Obviously, as control has got better, and people are now used to checking their BG regularly, and more T2s test, who tend to have a smaller "range" of BG, this is starting to be an issue?</p><p></p><p>Might also be worth checking the Aviva...Avvuchek changed the strips a while back, I think to measure the same thing as other manufacurers (soory, cant remeber teh detail) I do remember that there was a leaflet in teh strips explaining it for a while. YOu can tell by what colour square is on teh box..yellow or green. I wonder if your 2 meters are actually measuring something sightly different?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sugar2, post: 218018, member: 6681"] I think that you are experiencing the inaccuracies of the test strips.meters. Definaetly getteh control solution for both to check them out...but I am always amazed what a wide range is acceptable....why give us x.x reading if it isn't reallythat accurate. I gusee (and it is a guess!) back in the day, when these meters were develped, they were aimed at type 1s, who, had been using to urine testing, or looking at the change of colour on a strip.......so even ths +/- 10% accuracy that the meters claimed was a massive leap forward....and also because, at that time, it was nice just to have something that would indicate...low, OK..high! Obviously, as control has got better, and people are now used to checking their BG regularly, and more T2s test, who tend to have a smaller "range" of BG, this is starting to be an issue? Might also be worth checking the Aviva...Avvuchek changed the strips a while back, I think to measure the same thing as other manufacurers (soory, cant remeber teh detail) I do remember that there was a leaflet in teh strips explaining it for a while. YOu can tell by what colour square is on teh box..yellow or green. I wonder if your 2 meters are actually measuring something sightly different? [/QUOTE]
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