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<blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 1352400" data-attributes="member: 12578"><p>Don't know about your 'NEO' as don't recognise it but the xceed was plasma calibrated long before some of the others <a href="http://www.diabetes-support.org.uk/info/?page_id=151" target="_blank">http://www.diabetes-support.org.uk/info/?page_id=151</a> it would seem strange to 'revert'.and the evaluation that you referred to says that it is plasma calibrated .<a href="http://www.elmmb.nhs.uk/EasySiteWeb/GatewayLink.aspx?alId=55225" target="_blank"><u>http://www.elmmb.nhs.uk/EasySiteWeb/GatewayLink.aspx?alId=55225</u></a>. p 18</p><p>I really think that this is now a non issue (back then there were yellow card warnings and worries about the 2 systems being used simultaneously; just as there were worries about the ability to freely change from mg/dl to mmol/l which caused some people problems. Neither of these occur now)</p><p>At that time I was using a non plasma calibrated meter whilst others were using more recent plasma calibrated ones. But in the end it really wasn't a big deal as accepted meter standards of accuracy were not very high (had to be within 20% over 5.5mmol) The new ISO standards are a little better but reliability still varies and is to a certain extent user dependent.</p><p>I would suggest that you stick with one meter rather than comparing results between them</p><p></p><p>My take on hypo figures is that people use rounded figures, 4mmol/l in the UK and 70mg/dl in the US. This is not really hypo, it is a reading that should allow the insulin user time to take remedial action. As I said, my 'figure' has changed, it was 65mg/dl with the old meter at diagnosis ( an eat something rather than panic mode, my doc only used to circle 60 and below on my logbook) it's now 70mg/dl so it has 'risen' with the change in calibration. ( Dafne appears to say to eat a small amount of carb at 3.5-4mmol/l and to treat at below 3.5mmol/l which would be in accordance with my HCPs advice (but that is for me not you!) <a href="http://www.dafne.uk.com/uploads/224/documents/Myths%20and%20Misconceptions.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.dafne.uk.com/uploads/224/documents/Myths and Misconceptions.pdf</a>)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phoenix, post: 1352400, member: 12578"] Don't know about your 'NEO' as don't recognise it but the xceed was plasma calibrated long before some of the others [URL]http://www.diabetes-support.org.uk/info/?page_id=151[/URL] it would seem strange to 'revert'.and the evaluation that you referred to says that it is plasma calibrated .[URL='http://www.elmmb.nhs.uk/EasySiteWeb/GatewayLink.aspx?alId=55225'][U]http://www.elmmb.nhs.uk/EasySiteWeb/GatewayLink.aspx?alId=55225[/U][/URL]. p 18 I really think that this is now a non issue (back then there were yellow card warnings and worries about the 2 systems being used simultaneously; just as there were worries about the ability to freely change from mg/dl to mmol/l which caused some people problems. Neither of these occur now) At that time I was using a non plasma calibrated meter whilst others were using more recent plasma calibrated ones. But in the end it really wasn't a big deal as accepted meter standards of accuracy were not very high (had to be within 20% over 5.5mmol) The new ISO standards are a little better but reliability still varies and is to a certain extent user dependent. I would suggest that you stick with one meter rather than comparing results between them My take on hypo figures is that people use rounded figures, 4mmol/l in the UK and 70mg/dl in the US. This is not really hypo, it is a reading that should allow the insulin user time to take remedial action. As I said, my 'figure' has changed, it was 65mg/dl with the old meter at diagnosis ( an eat something rather than panic mode, my doc only used to circle 60 and below on my logbook) it's now 70mg/dl so it has 'risen' with the change in calibration. ( Dafne appears to say to eat a small amount of carb at 3.5-4mmol/l and to treat at below 3.5mmol/l which would be in accordance with my HCPs advice (but that is for me not you!) [URL='http://www.dafne.uk.com/uploads/224/documents/Myths%20and%20Misconceptions.pdf']http://www.dafne.uk.com/uploads/224/documents/Myths and Misconceptions.pdf[/URL]) [/QUOTE]
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