Jean-Pierre Allain and colleagues argue that, while unintended, the foreign aid provided for blood transfusion services in sub-Saharan Africa has resulted in serious negative outcomes, which requires reflection and rethinking.

Self-monitoring of blood glucose provides information about blood glucose control. The data become useful information and knowledge through careful analysis for patterns that are appropriate or can be corrected. Some analyses can be performed on newer blood glucose meters, but most often, this needs to be done on a computer, tablet, or smartphone. There are a few established methods of presenti...

Real-time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices have great potential to improve glycemic management in children and adolescents with diabetes and other disorders of glucose regulation. These devices can be used as either adjuncts or replacements for traditional meters because they have additional features such as blood sugar alarms and glucose-trend information. These features allow for d...

Corresponding Author: Christopher Parkin, M.S., CGParkin Communications, Inc., 219 Red Rock Road, Boulder City, NV 89005; email address [email protected] Structured self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is an approach to diabetes management in which blood glucose data are generated according to a defined testing regimen, interpreted, and then used to make changes in therapy.1 Findings from r...

BACKGROUND Multiple barriers stand in the way of patients performing self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG). Alternate-site testing (AST) has been introduced as one solution to reduce pain and improve compliance. In a study published in this issue of Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, Ito and colleagues studied patients who exclusively used the traditional fingertip blood glucose test...

Reducing barriers to self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) remains an ongoing goal. One major reported barrier is lancing pain. This analysis was written in response to the article by Kocher and associates in this issue of Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology in which 157 patients with diabetes experienced in the use of SMBG compared high market share blood glucose monitoring systems an...

The article by Brzag and coauthors in this issue of Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology reports a competitive accuracy performance study for a branded meter in comparison with six low-cost meters currently available in the United States. It highlights several important topics: (1) the need for more stringent post-marketing requirements for blood glucose meters after launch and (2) low-co...

PURPOSE We evaluated three blood glucose self-monitoring for measuring whole blood glucose levels in preterm and low-birth-weight infants. METHODS Between December 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013, 230 blood samples were collected from 50 newborns, who weighed, ≤2,300 g or were ≤36 weeks old, in the the neonatal intensive care unit of Eulji University Hospital. Three blood glucose self-monitoring (...