Glucose meters are universally utilized in the management of hypoglycemic and
hyperglycemic disorders in a variety of healthcare settings. Establishing the accuracy of …

Glucose monitoring has become an integral part of diabetes care but has some limitations in
accuracy. Accuracy may be limited due to strip manufacturing variances, strip storage, and …

The self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG), traditionally performed by “point-of-
care”(POC) devices called portable glucose monitors (PGM) is now considered an integral …

The Coalition for Clinical Research—Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose Scientific Board
convened a meeting in San Francisco, CA, July 20–21, 2011, to discuss the current practice …

Simple and disposable point of care systems are usually the best solution for chronic
patients to get a rapid diagnosis in home care context. However, their main drawback relies …

Background: Systems for self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) have to provide accurate
and reproducible blood glucose (BG) values in order to ensure adequate therapeutic …

There are many challenges in implementing a successful point-of-care testing (POCT)
program. When compared to traditional testing, POCT results are faster and allow for rapid …

Background A point-of-care test (POCT) offers a rapid result to manage a patient
immediately. The presumed simplicity of such tests belies observed variation between …

Aim: A good understanding of the relevance of interfering factors having an impact on blood
glucose (BG) measurement is needed to obtain the required quality. This depends on the …

Portable blood glucose meters (PBGM, glucometers) are a convenient, cost effective, and
quick means to assess patient blood glucose concentration. The number of commercially …