Blood Glucose Meters
I have been using one touch products since I was dx in 2002. I was given a new Freestyle Lite and I tried it out right after the one touch. I noticed that the one touch was about 20mg/dl lower than the Freestyle. This morning I went to the endo and I tested with the one touch right before they tested me with their accucheck and again it was about 20mg/dl lower. Has anyone else had problems with lower readings from one touch meters?
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Permalink Reply by Sherrie E on
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My One Touch Ultra 2 runs about 15 mg/dl lower than my One Touch Mini. I decided to stick with one meter because of that problem.
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Permalink Reply by Ross on -
Thing to do is to take a reading just before a "proper" surgery-mediated blood test (the ones, for me at least, where they take the blood away, measure everything and then tell you off a week later). Then compare your BG meter with the lab result: that will let you know how yours is calibrated. Reduce / add to your readings accordingly. Serves 4.
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Permalink Reply by Bernard on -
Allison
I tried out the KeyNote and just loved it. I just wish I could use it all the time, but the Dexcom needs to be synchronized with the OneTouch Ultra. However I now have the KeyNote as my backup meter.
I even put a video on YouTube showing it in action. Great design, especially the test strip. AgaMatrix has done a stellar job.
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Permalink Reply by Terry Keelan on -
Hey! How do you think the Keynote people feel about your 'advertisement' showing a bg reading well over 100? :)
They're not hiring you to do their marketing anytime soon!!
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Permalink Reply by Allison on
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Halle and Ken,
I have been using the WaveSense KeyNote meter for the past 4 months and I have been very happy with the meter! Up until recently, I had no idea about the huge margin of error in meters, it is actually kind of scary that we are forced to trust the wide range of numbers our meter can spit out. I learned about WaveSense technology and how it enables high accuracy and thought it was worth a shot! The new technology, only available for WaveSense products, detects various factors such as hematocrit levels, temperature and altitude variations and manufacturing variations and then corrects for the variables to give a highly accurate reading. If you would like to see how the WaveSense KeyNote compared to a laboratory reference in a clinical study, check out our website (www.wavesense.info/data)
Please let me know if you have any questions about the meter. I believe so strongly in the technology and product that I have recently begun to to work for the company who makes the meter. let me know if I can help!
Best Regards,
Allison
Community Outreach
AgaMatrix, Inc.
www.wavesense.info
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Permalink Reply by Michael on
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I have had the same problem with the One Touch too. MediSense is 3% than the FreeStlye.
Over the years I've used:
One Touch II, One Touch Profile, MediSense (credit card size) forgot name, MediSense Precision Q-P-D. Current meter is the Abbott Freestyle Flash. From what I've read a number of highly regarded Dr.'s and labs say it is the most accurate meter currently on the market. I like it because it allows for alternate site testing, small blood requirements, and the results are fast.
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Permalink Reply by DeeVa KC on
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I was the other way around - I had a Freestyle Freedom - it was running 25 to 30 mg/dl HIGHER than what other meters were running. I have no idea if it was defective, if I droppped it, or what. My endo's office and I checked it against three other meters and their equipment. I just sent the damn thing back to Abbott. For like a whole month though I was doing a whole lot worse than I thought I was. For a brand new Type 2, it was so discouraging too. I think this is why so many diabetics often have several meters around the house too. As for me, I am now using two cheap meters - since my health insurance only reimburses part of the costs - so why spend more??? And I can't see that "name brand" means anything in this business - I've worked in health care all my life - there is nothing wrong with generics, if the quality is okay. I use the Sidekick portable meter that is very small (I travel a lot) - and the EasyPro from Target. Both are around 30 bucks for meter & 50 test strips.
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Permalink Reply by Terry Keelan on
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David Mendosa (www.mendosa.com) has an extensive discussion about meter accuracy and comparing various meters at his website.
There is a discussion specifically about accuracy at http://mendosa.com/diabetes_update_39.htm#Accuracy.
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Permalink Reply by josephflaherty on
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Hello Everyone,
My name is Joseph Flaherty and I work on the product design team at AgaMatrix where me make the WaveSense KeyNote meter. I was wondering aside from accuracy what are other features that you would like to see in your blood glucose meter? We are working hard at developing new products and accuracy will always be our chief concern, but we know many other issues are important when you live with the device.
Our goal is to provide the best glucose monitoring products for people with diabetes. If anyone in the TuDiabetes community has thoughts on how we can make better blood glucose meters please feel free to email me: jflaherty@agamatrix.com.
I can't promise our designs will meet all your needs, but I can promise a personal response to any messages and to champion your ideas.
Thanks!
Joseph Flaherty
Manager, Product Design
AgaMatrix, Inc.
www.wavesense.info
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Permalink Reply by Thomas Moreno on
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Hi Joseph I just wanted to let you know the other features (aside from accuracy) that I would be looking for I believe are already in the works with one of your meters. I would love to have a meter that is not only accurate but is compact and would allow me to upload data via bluetooth. It would also be nice to have different options in colors as the one touch mini is starting to do.
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Permalink Reply by David Lamb on
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Joseph,
The 10 degree C minimum temperature seems to be the only obvious shortcoming of your meter to me. That's a concern for anyone living in a cool part of the world who would like to use the meter outside. I've retired my old 10 or 15 degree minimum temperature meters in favour of the current 4 or 5 degree minimum meters and I wouldn't want to back up. The predicted high here for tomorrow is only 11 C!
It's not clear to me how precise individual meters are from the test data provided by manufacturers.
I'd much rather have a precise BG meter than an accurate one, if I can't have both. As long as a meter is precise (repeatable) I can calibrate it using lab blood tests. Your company could do all users a service by publishing a layman's interpretation of what your meter's accuracy and precision statistics mean.
I'll email you my opinions on your competitors' products' flaws.
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