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Abbott Diabetes Care is warning about problems with some of the company’s blood glucose meters. These meters could accidentally be switched from one measurement unit to another, possibly causing the patient to misinterpret the glucose test results. The affected glucose meters include the FreeStyle®, FreeStyle Flash™, FreeStyle Tracker™, Precision Xtra™, MediSense® Sof-Tact™, and MediSense® Optium™. Abbott meters are also sold under private label brands such as ReliOn® Ultima, Rite Aid® and Kroger®. These meters were originally designed to allow patients to see their test results in the units customarily used in their own country. To do that, the patient could switch between showing the results in two different measurement units: mg/dL, the standard used in the US, and mmol/L, which is used in many other countries. The problem can occur if the measurement units switch without the patient realizing it. This can happen when the patient resets the date and time or changes the battery, or even if the meter is dropped or bumped. Then, if the patient just looked at the numbers without noticing the different units or the decimal point, he could incorrectly assume that his blood glucose level is too high or too low. To help resolve the problem, all new Abbott meters now have the correct unit of measurement locked in place. Patients can continue to use the older units, but they should make sure that their meter displays the glucose test result in mg/dL. If patients don’t know how …

Did you know there are 6 simple steps that you can take to make testing your blood glucose a lot less painful?

At the moment, to accurately check our blood glucose the only way to do this, is to prick our fingers and check the resulting blood for glucose.
Pain is caused by the penetration of the lancet into the skin. The deeper the lancet penetrates the skin the more painful the testing but the more blood is provided for testing. If you need more blood for testing then the lancet will need to penetrate deeper.
The tips below focus on ways to get more blood out when you prick your finger with a lancet so that it does not need to penetrate the skin deeply and thus makes it a lot less painful!

1) Wash your hands with soap and warm water – this will help keep the testing site clean and help dilate the blood vessels in the fingers to increase blood flow.

2) Massage your finger downwards to the tip of your finger – this will help push blood towards the tip of your finger so that when it is pricked there is plenty of blood there ready to come out.

3) Have your testing hand pointing downwards below your waist – blood will flow more easily when following gravity downwards.

4) Set your lancing device – lancing devices have different settings to pierce the skin at different depths. If you use the tips in this article you should find that you will be able to use a lower setting but still have enough blood for testing. Try changing the settings to find the right level.

5) Select the right meter – different blood glucose meters require different amounts of blood to carry out a blood glucose testing. The less blood needed the less painful testing will be. Choose a meter that requires only a small testing sample such as the Accu-chek Aviva which needs only 0.6 microliter

6) Alternate your fingers – don’t use the same finger over and over again. You have 8 fingers distribute the testing evenly. You’ll find your fingers will recover much faster and blood flow will be better.

Hopefully, these tips have been a big help. If you would like to learn about more tips to reduce pain of testing visit http://www.glucosemeters4u.com/Diabetes-articles/less-painful-testing.htm

Product Description
Additional drivers need to be downloaded from onetouchdrivers.com for compatibility with the OneTouch Ultra Mini and OneTouch Select meters.
This OneTouch Diabetes Management Software Kit includes:
OneTouch Diabetes Management Software v2.3.2
LifeScan Interface USB Cable (for use with LifeScan Blood Glucose Meters with data management capabilities)
Welcome to OneTouch™ Diabetes Management Software. This Program is designed to help healthcare professionals and people with diabetes, track and monitor blood glucose levels. OneTouch® DMC can also be used to help plan meals, exercise, and medications. So whether you are a person with diabetes using OneTouch® Software at home, or a healthcare professional using it in your office, OneTouch® DMS can help you manage the information that can help you improve glycemic control.
What You Need To Get Started:
To use OneTouch® DMS you need:
A OneTouch® Meter with a data port (See list of supported meters)
A Windows®-compatible computer with the following components:
266 MHz Intel® Pentium 2 or equivalent (higher is highly recommended)
Minimum 128 MB of RAM (higher will help overall performance)
Minimum free hard drive space:
100-200 MB during installation
100 MB after installation
Microsoft® Windows® 98 Second Edition, Windows® NT 4.0 Workstation (SP6 or above), Windows® 2000 Professional (SP4 or above), Windows® Me, Windows® XP Home and Professional (SP2 or above), and Windows® Vista
Browser: Internet Explorer 5.0 and above
9-Pin / 25-pin COM or USB port
Either:
A OneTouch® Interface Cable (with Software driver for USB) (required for OneTouch® Meters only), or
An appropriate cable for non-OneTouch® branded devices that are supported by OneTouch® DMS
Meter adapter (for OneTouch® FastTake® / PocketScan® / EuroFlash® / SmartScan™ only)
Mouse/Trackball

OneTouch Software v2.3.2 CD with USB Cable 1 ea

• glucose test strips
• not guaranteed
• using any test strip
• diagnostic use

Product Description
The New Face of Glucometer®
For Use with Bayer DEX® 2/DEX® Blood Glucose Meters, Bayer Breeze™ Blood Glucose Meter.
10 discs = 100 test strips

Reagents:
9% w/w glucose oxidase (Aspergillus niger, 21 U/mg)
66% w/w potassium ferricyanide
25% w/w nonreactive ingredients
mg/dL Low 55-100; normal 113-162; high 272-354
10% Less Blood: More Sensitive Underfill Detection
Sip-in Sampling. Automatic strip-filling action.

Bayer Corporation does not warrant use of the Bayer/Glucometer® DEX®, DEX® 2 , Bayer Breeze™ Blood Glucose Meter with any test strip other than Bayer Autodisc™ Blood Glucose Test Strips.

For sale in the USA only.

Ascensia Autodisc, Blood Glucose Test Strips

For every diabetic having knowledge of your own glucose (sugar) levels can be vitally important in controlling your diabetes. The current treatments in diabetes, whether medicines or diet, focus on trying to keep blood glucose levels as close to normal as possible.

To gain knowledge of your body’s glucose levels there are 2 main methods, testing for urine glucose and testing for blood glucose. Which method you use depends a lot on why you are testing and what your doctor has recommended you use.

Blood glucose meters

Testing blood glucose levels has become very simple and very accessible thanks to a whole range of blood glucose meters on the market. Checking glucose in this way is the most accurate method. This is especially important for patients with Type 1 Diabetes (Insulin dependent) and some patients with Type 2 Diabetes requiring insulin. This is because some of these patients can make adjustments to their insulin dose depending on their blood glucose test results. Also patients with diabetes may experience very low blood glucose levels called hypoglycaemia or very high blood glucose levels called hyperglycaemia. Often there are signs and symptoms of both. Using a blood glucose meter to provide an exact reading can help reassure or confirm that action must be taken.

How to use a blood glucose monitor

The 2 main meters on the market at present are Accu-chek Aviva and One Touch Ultra. Both meters use the same basic principle. A blood sample is taken usually from the finger using a finger pricking device. The sample is placed on a specially coated test strip which is then inserted into the blood glucose meter. Within a minute the meter will give you a result. The main drawback of this method is that it does require pricking your finger each time to take a blood sample. This, for some, can be a nuisance. However, with recent advances in meter technology the amount of blood required for Accu-chek Aviva and One Touch Ultra is minimal. This in turn means less pain when pricking the finger.

Urine testing

Urine glucose testing has the advantage of being painless but the downside of not being as accurate as blood glucose testing.

For some, urine testing is a more than adequate method to test glucose especially for diabetics who do not need exact blood glucose levels. Glucose only appears in the urine (for most people) when glucose levels in the blood reach above 10 mmol/L (180 mg/dl). At this point the kidney can no longer reabsorb all the glucose being filtered and glucose appears in the urine. If your blood glucose levels are below 10 mmol/L (180 mg/dL) then urine test strips will not provide a result. Thus always use a blood glucose meter when testing for low blood glucose levels (hypoglycaemia) as it will give you an exact reading regardless of what your blood glucose is.

How to use urine testing strips

The main 2 makes of urine glucose test strips are Clinistix and Diastix. Visit http://www.glucosemeters4u.com/diastix.htm to learn more about how to use the urine test strips.

Interpreting your results

How you interpret your results very much depends on the goals your doctor has set out for you and what you are testing for. A key point to remember is that blood glucose levels will be affected by food and diabetic medication.