The Effect of Blood Sample Volume on 11 Glucose Monitoring Systems
- Zeina Yared, MD12,
- Khaled Aljaberi, MD12,
- Nancy Renouf12 and
- Jean-François Yale, MD12
- 1Royal Victoria Hospital Metabolic Day Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2McGill Nutrition Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, MUHC, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Jean-François Yale, MD, McGill Nutrition Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Ave. West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 1A1. E-mail: jean-francois.yale{at}mcgill.ca
The effect of variable blood sample volume on the accuracy of 11 glucose meters was studied to verify the reliability of self-monitoring of blood glucose. A total of 11 meters were assessed: OneTouch FastTake, OneTouch Basic, OneTouch Profile, and SureStep (LifeScan Canada, Burnaby, B.C., Canada); AccuSoft Advantage and AccuSoft Manager (Roche, Hoffman-LaRoche, Laval, P.Q., Canada); Precision Pen and Precision QID (MediSense Canada, Mississauga, ON, Canada); and Glucometer Elite, Glucometer Elite XL, and Glucometer DEX (Bayer, Toronto, ON, Canada). Venous blood collected from …
