Meter Coding
March 18, 2007
Or maybe, just remembering to code your meter whenever you open a new vial of test strips. Seriously. Especially since the Bayer meters are at a higher copay than the meters I use.
Blood glucose values that the 116 study participants got from their miscoded meters showed an average error ranging from plus 29 percent to minus 37 percent. “The autocoded meters used in this study gave BG values that results in the lowest risk of insulin dose error,” was to me the most significant result of the study. I know that if I used insulin, I wouldn’t hesitate for a moment before switching to one of these new meters.
Source: Diabetes - Misdosing Insulin