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GlucometerAka: Blood-Glucose Monitor

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  1. Costs
    1. Glucometers cost $10 to over $100 (Voicemate is $395)
      1. Manufacturers give meters away (via DM educators)
      2. The meters cost far less than years of test strips
    2. Test Strips cost 36 to 85 cents per strip
  2. Glucometers (13) by Quality per Consumer Reports
    1. Consumer reports recommended devices
      1. Lifescan: One Touch Ultrasmart and Ultra
      2. The Ultra was also their top choice in 2001
    2. Most consistent and accurate
      1. Abbott: FreeStyle Flash, Freestyle
      2. Bayer: Ascensia Complete
      3. Becton: BD Logic
      4. Lifescan: One Touch Ultrasmart and Ultra
      5. Roche: Accu-check Complete
    3. Least consistent and least accurate (avoid these)
      1. Hypoguard: Advance Micro-Draw
      2. Solartek: NewTek ReliOn (also most difficult to use)
      3. Home: TrueTrack SmartSystem
    4. Anecdotal Quality reports (not from Consumer Reports)
      1. BD meters may be more "touchy"; require repeat tests
      2. Hypoguard QuickTek appears to be lower quality
    5. References
      1. (August 2005) Consumer Reports, p. 9
      2. (October 2001) Consumer Reports, p. 38
  3. Glucometers by key features (best marked with *)
    1. Smallest sample needed (1 microliter or less, *=0.3)
      1. Abbott: FreeStyle Flash*, Freestyle*
      2. Bayer: Ascensia contour
      3. Becton: BD Logic*
      4. Home: TrueTrack SmartSystem
      5. Lifescan: One Touch Ultrasmart and Ultra, Induo
      6. Roche: Accu-check Active
      7. Solartek: ReliOn
    2. Largest sample needed (4-10 microliters)
      1. Lifescan: One Touch Basic, SureStep (10 ul)
      2. Roche: Accu-check Advantage, Complete, Voicemate
    3. Shortest reaction time (10 seconds or less, *=5)
      1. Abbott: FreeStyle Flash, Freestyle, Precision Xtra
      2. Becton: BD Logic*
      3. TruTrack SmartSystem
      4. Hypoguard: Advance Intuition, Assure3
      5. Infopia: EasyGluco
      6. Lifescan: One Touch Ultramart* and Ultra*, Induo*
      7. Roche: Accu-Chek Active and Compact
    4. Computer Download available
      1. Abbott: FreeStyle Flash, Freestyle, Precision Xtra
      2. Bayer: All 5 Ascensia models
      3. Becton: BD Logic
      4. Home: Prestige IQ
      5. Hypoguard: Advance Micro-Draw, Assure, QuickTec
      6. Lifescan: All 5 One Touch/indio models
      7. Roche: All 5 Accu-Chek models
    5. Most internal memory for storing sugars (450 or more)
      1. Abbott: Precision Xtra
      2. Lifescan: One Touch Ultrasmart* (stores 3000 values)
      3. Roche: Accu-Chek Advantage, Accu-Chek Complete
      4. Solartek: ReliOn
    6. Lightest weight meters (2 oz or less)
      1. Abbott: FreeStyle Flash, Precision Xtra
      2. Bayer: Ascencia contour, Elite
      3. Home: TrueTrack Smart System
      4. Hypoguard: Advance Micro-Draw
      5. Infopia: EasyGluco
      6. Lifescan: OneTouch Ultra
      7. Roche: Accu-Chek Advantage
    7. Test Strip expense
      1. Annual cost for test strips (testing 4 times daily)
        1. Low cost strips (36-50 cents): $520 to $730/year
        2. Most expensive strips (70-85 cents): $1020 to $1240
      2. Least expensive test strips (60 cents or less, *=36)
        1. Home: Prestige IQ, TrueTrack Smart (52 cents)
        2. Hypoguard: QuickTec*, Intuition, Micro, Assure 2-3
        3. Infopia: EasyGluco
        4. Solartek: ReliOn (43 cents)
        5. Roche: Accu-Chek Active (60 cents)
      3. Most expensive test strips (70 cents or more, *=85)
        1. Abbott: FreeStyle Flash, Freestyle, Precision Xtra
        2. Bayer: All 5 Ascensia models
        3. Becton: BD Logic
        4. Lifescan: All 5 one touch/indio models (SureStep*)
        5. Roche: All Accu-Chek models except Accu-Chek Active
    8. Glucometer cost
      1. Least expensive meters ($20 or less, ReliOn is <$10)
        1. Home: Prestige IQ, TrueTrack Smart (rebranded)
        2. Hypoguard: QuickTec*, Intuition, Micro, Assure 2-3
        3. Infopia: EasyGluco
        4. Solartek: ReliOn*
      2. Most expensive meter ($90 or more, *=$395)
        1. Roche: Accu-Chek Complete, Accu-Chek VoiceMate*
        2. Lifescan: OneTouch Ultrasmart, Induo
    9. Coldest tolerance (<45 degrees F, *=40)
      1. Abbott: FreeStyle Flash*, Freestyle*
      2. Lifescan: OneTouch Ultrasmart, Induo, Ultra
    10. Warmest tolerance (>110 degrees F)
      1. Lifescan: OneTouch Ultrasmart, Induo, Ultra

Blood glucose meters (C0472226)

ConceptsMedical Device (T074)
EnglishBlood glucose meters, Glucometer
Spanishglucosímetros, glucosimetros
CreditsDerived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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