Blood Glucose Meter questions?
For my project at school I’d like 2 know the good and bad things about the meter could u tell me
Every meter is different. And so are the costs of the test strips.
One Touch is awfully expensive for test strips. About $115.00 per 100 strips if you buy them outright.
Walmart and Krogers so far, are the cheapest for test strips. Those cost about $36.99 to $39.99 per 100 strips.
Now, no meter is accurate, no matter what they claim. They can be as much as 25% off of the true reading and still be withing acceptable limits.
This doesn’t help diabetic who are trying to tightly control their blood sugar levels.
The one touch meters look really nice though. Other meters seem drab and black.
Most meters have a port you can download the readings onto a computer with.
BUT, there are problems with this as well.
1st, you have to order the cabling and software from the manufacturer’s site, and NONE of them work with Linux.
2nd, you have to use a credit card to get one.
Too bad they won’t sell them where you buy the meter.
The one touch ultra mini is pretty compact. It can fit in your pocket. Nice feature.
The display is a bit small, but it’s not too bad.
The pouch you carry it in is NOT waterproof though. So, if it rains and it’s in your pocket, it gets ruined. The pouch is too small to carry much. A couple of syringes at best, maybe a bottle of insulin. But no spare room for glucose tablets if you want to keep it all together.
Overall, I would go with the meter that had the cheapest strips if you have to pay for them yourself.
The difference between the one touch and the Kroger brand is about $75.00
I have better uses for that $75 than to help maintain some filthy rich CEO’s obscenely lavish lifestyle.
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Ask your teacher to show you how to use search engines to find info. It is an essential skill.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose_meter
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Every meter is different. And so are the costs of the test strips.
One Touch is awfully expensive for test strips. About $115.00 per 100 strips if you buy them outright.
Walmart and Krogers so far, are the cheapest for test strips. Those cost about $36.99 to $39.99 per 100 strips.
Now, no meter is accurate, no matter what they claim. They can be as much as 25% off of the true reading and still be withing acceptable limits.
This doesn’t help diabetic who are trying to tightly control their blood sugar levels.
The one touch meters look really nice though. Other meters seem drab and black.
Most meters have a port you can download the readings onto a computer with.
BUT, there are problems with this as well.
1st, you have to order the cabling and software from the manufacturer’s site, and NONE of them work with Linux.
2nd, you have to use a credit card to get one.
Too bad they won’t sell them where you buy the meter.
The one touch ultra mini is pretty compact. It can fit in your pocket. Nice feature.
The display is a bit small, but it’s not too bad.
The pouch you carry it in is NOT waterproof though. So, if it rains and it’s in your pocket, it gets ruined. The pouch is too small to carry much. A couple of syringes at best, maybe a bottle of insulin. But no spare room for glucose tablets if you want to keep it all together.
Overall, I would go with the meter that had the cheapest strips if you have to pay for them yourself.
The difference between the one touch and the Kroger brand is about $75.00
I have better uses for that $75 than to help maintain some filthy rich CEO’s obscenely lavish lifestyle.
References :
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