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Comparing meter and laboratory results
Test results with the OneTouch
This helps you and your health care professional to compare your meter
results with laboratory tests. If you have been using another type of
meter—one that provides whole blood-calibrated results—you may
notice that your test results with the OneTouch
approximately 12% higher.
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are expressed in plasma-equivalent units. However, your meter result
may differ from your laboratory result due to normal variation. Meter
results can be affected by factors and conditions that do not affect
laboratory results in the same way.
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when it is within ±20% of the laboratory measurement. There are some
specific situations that could cause a difference of more than ±20%:
You have eaten recently. The blood glucose level from blood
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obtained from a fingertip can be up to 70 mg/dL higher than blood
drawn from a vein (venous sample) used for a lab test.
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Sacks, D.B.: "Carbohydrates." Burtis, C.A., and Ashwood, E.R. (ed.), Tietz Textbook of
Clinical Chemistry. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company (1994), 959.
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Meter test results and laboratory test results both
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Meter glucose value is considered accurate
Meter are plasma-calibrated.
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Meter are
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