Last week I got certain unexpected results on my glucose meter..I am using one touch select.
Since company gives life time warranty,I contact customer care center ..and they immediately sent me control solution to check the meter.
I checked with control solution and got reading of 126.I tried my best to read the concentration of sugar in control solution on bottle... but no where it is mentioned.
So again I contacted customer care....and they told me that control range is printed on stripes vial ....I checked the range on vial...which mentions 122-162.
Now customer care said since ur meter shows 126,this means your meter is working fine..
But 122-162 is very vast range...
I am all confused.
May be some learned member may help me....
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I use the same One Touch Select Simple since almost 3 years. I have also calibrated my glucometer recently with control solution and range displayed on strip vial is ok. There is one leaflet along with the vial in the box. Just go thru that text and you will understand the technique behind the calibration and it's correct procedure to do it.
One Touch Select Simple is of Johnson and Johnson company and it is reliable.
Get yr FBS and PPBS at yr local lab also to confirm the results...+10 mg/dl difference between lab results and yr glucometer readings is normal...contact customer care again to ask how much exact difference is normal since I don't remember it well...I also asked the same to customer care.
How long have you been using the same vial/can of strips? Sometimes, the strips don't last as long as they should from opening and closing the vial repeatedly.
Some of the manufacturers claim in the vial or box that the strips could be used till the expiry while some advises to use it in a specified period of time after opening
That said the high humidity in indian climatic conditions can erode the strips with frequent open & closing unless the manufacturer makes the strips a bit suited to indian climatic condition..
Personally since i use 100 strips a month with frequent testing per day each vial of 50s last for just 15 days approx & hence minimizes the erosion or at least use it up before it erodes badly.
Strips has to be consumed within 150 to 180 days of the box opened and also check expiry is in between it, and also each and every time it should be closed properly and ensure it whether it is air tight or not if it is not, then it is no point in using further, and results will be definitely vary
They are within expiry ...also within one month from opening the vial... so no issues on that...
Problem was the control solution provided by manufacturer....
I was under impression (which I think is most logical)... that they supply control solution with certain concentration of sugar.
So when we test the same the meter should show us the sugar level of control solution.... plus or minus 5 is ok....
Now here the range varies so much...122-162 which is really absurd...
May be I will make my own solution.... also last time when I checked my sugar at lab... I carried my meter with me...and requested lab technician to put last drop of blood from syringe on strip and took reading... when I git my lab report...I found my meter reading was 5 points higher...
Has any one done control solution at home???
How meter reacts to home made control solution???
Is it advisable to put sugar solution on strip...will if affect the electrochemical process and meter will be spoiled??
Don't you take your testing equipment with you no matter where you go outside of the house for emergency purposes? I never leave my monitor or the rest of the carrying case at home when I'm away from the house. I drop too fast and never feel low. I also use my DEXCOM system to make sure I'm okay as a back up.
well when diagnosed my diabetes was worst.... my Hba1c was 13+
Now when I checked about 3 months ago.... it was 5.9
I am on low carb high fat diet... plus adding some spices in food.( Ayurveda Herbs)..(no medicines except morning 250 and evening 500 metformin) So chances of me getting hypo are very very less..
just checked today morning for FBS and I got figure of 92 .
I have been using Accucheck Active for last 6 years, comparing my results with the lab results about once in 2-3 months. At first I was getting readings about 5 more than lab. Over the years the difference gradually became more rising to 10, 15, 20 and then 30. Then suddenly this summer, without any warming it started giving the correct reading, putting my diabetes management in disarray till I got the next lab test. The same was repeated in the next test. Can someone explain such erratic behavior?
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