Patient-derived Quality Specifications for Instruments Used in Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose

Patient-derived quality specifications for instruments used in self-monitoring of blood glucose.

BACKGROUND Instruments for self-monitoring of glucose (SMBG) are increasingly used by diabetic patients. Information is limited on how patients use and interpret SMBG results, and no quality specifications for such instruments are based on the opinions of patients. METHODS Type 1 diabetic patients (n = 201) filled in a questionnaire eliciting daily limits for blood glucose (BG) and changes of...

Instruments for self-monitoring of blood glucose: comparisons of testing quality achieved by patients and a technician.

BACKGROUND Instruments for self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) are increasingly used by patients with diabetes. The analytical quality of meters in routine use is poorly characterized. METHODS We compared SMBG performance achieved by patients and by a medical laboratory technician. Imprecision was calculated from duplicate measurements, and deviation as the difference between the first me...

[Self-monitoring of blood glucose].

As the point of care testing(POCT), devices for self-monitoring blood glucose(SMBG) are most common. The problems in SMBG can be found in the popularity of SMBG itself. The reasons for the problems are three. First is the innovation of technology. As each maker has developed devices based on their own intention, device to device difference is too large, so that the standardization is needed. Th...

Standardized evaluation of instruments for self-monitoring of blood glucose by patients and a technologist.

Routine self-monitoring of blood glucose.