choosing a blood glucose meter
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Choosing a Blood Glucose Meter. Why, When, How, and What Presented by Ron Kammer RN CDE. WHY?. To know your blood sugar levels. Your diet, medicines, physical activity, sickness and stress can affect your blood sugar levels. . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Choosing a Blood Glucose Meter
Why, When, How, and What
Presented by Ron Kammer RN CDE
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WHY?
To know your blood sugar levels. Your diet, medicines, physical activity, sickness and stress can affect your blood sugar levels.
Knowing your blood sugar levels will help you control your diabetes. This information will also help you and your doctor or health care provider make changes to your diabetes treatment plan.
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When to checkType 1
2 to 4 times a day
Gestational Diabetes
2 to 4 times a day
Type 2 Diabetes
Varies
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WHEN to Check
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HOW?
• Know how to get a sample and How to care for your meter
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Using Your Glucose Meter
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Alternative Site Testing
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Factors That Affect Glucose Meter Performance
• Hematocrit• Other Substances• Altitude, Temperature and Humidity
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Calibrate the meter
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Check Using "Test Quality Control Solutions" or "Electronic Controls”
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• Take Your Meter with You to The Health Care Provider's Office.
• Have your Health care provider or diabetes educator observe your technique
• Compare results to a Laboratory test done at the same time
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Important Features of Glucose Meters
Measurement Range
Whole Blood Glucose vs. Plasma Glucose
Cleaning
Display Of High And Low Glucose Values
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Performance Goals for MetersNo universally accepted standards have been developed
ADA has recommended + or - 15% or 5%
International standard is being developed and recommends + or - 20 mg/dl for values under 100 and + or - 20% for higher values
Newer meters are more accurate
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WHAT?
What meter to choose
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This is the ultra-low price meter at Wal-Mart and
Sam's Club stores.
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The FreeStyle Flash is the
world's smallest blood glucose
meter
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Does away with handling individual test
strips
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Requires only a 0.6µL (0.6 microliter) drop of blood and 15 second test time.
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This disposable system is quite small and contains a meter and a vial of 50 test strips. There is no coding required. it uses 1µL (1 microliter) of blood and provides results in less than 10 seconds
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Ultra and Ultra Smart
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Ultra 2 meter
Flag results as before or after mealView before and after
meal averages
See the effects of food and portion
choices over time Learn to spot trends
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This new meter gives reliable results in five seconds and requires one of the smallest blood samples of any meter, just 1.6µL (1.6 microliters)
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One of its major features is its Automated Drum Technology, which automates a strip-handling process with self-contained strips, calibrates the meter, and enables the test strips to be dispensed from a drum of 17 tests with a press of a
button
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Minimally Invasive and Non-Invasive Glucose Meters
• MiniMed Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
• Cygnus GlucoWatch Biographer
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User Experiences with Glucose Meters
Glucose tablet residue on my finger can throw results way off.
Humidity around the bathroom seems to affect performance of the strips.
Surprisingly, most stated that fingerstick discomfort was not a big concern - even with children: "At first, fingersticks were a real problem, but now it doesn't bother her."
Most users did not use test solution often. Some never used it. They stated that the solution was difficult to use because it expired in a month, it was difficult to order, and they were not convinced that it helped.
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Questions