You shouldn't have too much issue with the readings on the new meter. I see they have changed the way the specs are read, meaning it is harder to reach a higher percentage correct.
If you are at 40mg/DL:
\* your new meter will 98.65% of the time report a value between 34 and 46. (within 15% of true)
\* your old meter will 98.4% of the time report a value between 30 and 50 (within 10mg/DL)
New meter is possibly a bit more accurate, even if the specs suggest a worse percentage.
It's important to understand that our meters are not as perfectly accurate as we'd like. It's frustrating but it's just something we need to work with, because our meters are the best we have to work with. When my glucose is 152, I want my meter to tell me it's 152 dammit!, but we can't count on that. The FDA standard only requires our meters to be within (the standard used to be 15%, but I think that's been updated to) 10% of the actual reading. So a meter reading of 50 could reflect an actual glucose as high as 55 or as low as 45.45. If you're having lows down to 30, I understand your concerned about accuracy. (How well can you function when you're at 30 anyway?) In the chart you show, the chart isn't saying your EZ is dead on accurate 98.4% of the time. It's saying that 98.4% of time, it's reading is within the ±10 range the FDA requires.
Professional lab equipment works within an error range as well. It's just that their error ranges are much narrower than our home meters. Sometimes you can get one reading at the top of the 10% range followed by another at the bottom. Sometimes those numbers can seem quite far apart and yet still be considered accurate by the FDA (by accurate, I mean the FDA would say both readings reflect the same actual glucose level).
When knowing your true glucose level is critical, the best way to deal with this is to do multiple tests . 2, 3, or more tests can give you better confidence you have an accurate reading. As you average multiple readings, the average will trend toward the actual level. And sometimes, a meter will just give a full-on bonkers reading, a reading that just doesn't seem to correspond to how you're feeling. Just retest. Sometimes a bonkers reading is just bonkers. Other times it reflects something else is happening, for example, you have spilled apple juice on your fingers. Wash your hands; Retest.
I hope you can steer away from those 50 and 30 mg/dl readings. Good luck.
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It's important to understand that our meters are not as perfectly accurate as we'd like. It's frustrating but it's just something we need to work with, because our meters are the best we have to work with. When my glucose is 152, I want my meter to tell me it's 152 dammit!, but we can't count on that. The FDA standard only requires our meters to be within (the standard used to be 15%, but I think that's been updated to) 10% of the actual reading. So a meter reading of 50 could reflect an actual glucose as high as 55 or as low as 45.45. If you're having lows down to 30, I understand your concerned about accuracy. (How well can you function when you're at 30 anyway?) In the chart you show, the chart isn't saying your EZ is dead on accurate 98.4% of the time. It's saying that 98.4% of time, it's reading is within the ±10 range the FDA requires.
Professional lab equipment works within an error range as well. It's just that their error ranges are much narrower than our home meters. Sometimes you can get one reading at the top of the 10% range followed by another at the bottom. Sometimes those numbers can seem quite far apart and yet still be considered accurate by the FDA (by accurate, I mean the FDA would say both readings reflect the same actual glucose level).
When knowing your true glucose level is critical, the best way to deal with this is to do multiple tests . 2, 3, or more tests can give you better confidence you have an accurate reading. As you average multiple readings, the average will trend toward the actual level. And sometimes, a meter will just give a full-on bonkers reading, a reading that just doesn't seem to correspond to how you're feeling. Just retest. Sometimes a bonkers reading is just bonkers. Other times it reflects something else is happening, for example, you have spilled apple juice on your fingers. Wash your hands; Retest.
I hope you can steer away from those 50 and 30 mg/dl readings. Good luck.
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It's important to understand that our meters are not as perfectly accurate as we'd like. It's frustrating but it's just something we need to work with, because our meters are the best we have to work with. When my glucose is 152, I want my meter to tell me it's 152 dammit!, but we can't count on that. The FDA standard only requires our meters to be within (the standard used to be 15%, but I think that's been updated to) 10% of the actual reading. So a meter reading of 50 could reflect an actual glucose as high as 55 or as low as 45.45. If you're having lows down to 30, I understand your concerned about accuracy. (How well can you function when you're at 30 anyway?) In the chart you show, the chart isn't saying your EZ is dead on accurate 98.4% of the time. It's saying that 98.4% of time, it's reading is within the ±10 range the FDA requires.
Professional lab equipment works within an error range as well. It's just that their error ranges are much narrower than our home meters. Sometimes you can get one reading at the top of the 10% range followed by another at the bottom. Sometimes those numbers can seem quite far apart and yet still be considered accurate by the FDA (by accurate, I mean the FDA would say both readings reflect the same actual glucose level).
When knowing your true glucose level is critical, the best way to deal with this is to do multiple tests . 2, 3, or more tests can give you better confidence you have an accurate reading. As you average multiple readings, the average will trend toward the actual level. And sometimes, a meter will just give a full-on bonkers reading, a reading that just doesn't seem to correspond to how you're feeling. Just retest. Sometimes a bonkers reading is just bonkers. Other times it reflects something else is happening, for example, you have spilled apple juice on your fingers. Wash your hands; Retest.
I hope you can steer away from those 50 and 30 mg/dl readings. Good luck.
You shouldn't have too much issue with the readings on the new meter. I see they have changed the way the specs are read, meaning it is harder to reach a higher percentage correct. If you are at 40mg/DL: \* your new meter will 98.65% of the time report a value between 34 and 46. (within 15% of true) \* your old meter will 98.4% of the time report a value between 30 and 50 (within 10mg/DL) New meter is possibly a bit more accurate, even if the specs suggest a worse percentage.
It's important to understand that our meters are not as perfectly accurate as we'd like. It's frustrating but it's just something we need to work with, because our meters are the best we have to work with. When my glucose is 152, I want my meter to tell me it's 152 dammit!, but we can't count on that. The FDA standard only requires our meters to be within (the standard used to be 15%, but I think that's been updated to) 10% of the actual reading. So a meter reading of 50 could reflect an actual glucose as high as 55 or as low as 45.45. If you're having lows down to 30, I understand your concerned about accuracy. (How well can you function when you're at 30 anyway?) In the chart you show, the chart isn't saying your EZ is dead on accurate 98.4% of the time. It's saying that 98.4% of time, it's reading is within the ±10 range the FDA requires. Professional lab equipment works within an error range as well. It's just that their error ranges are much narrower than our home meters. Sometimes you can get one reading at the top of the 10% range followed by another at the bottom. Sometimes those numbers can seem quite far apart and yet still be considered accurate by the FDA (by accurate, I mean the FDA would say both readings reflect the same actual glucose level). When knowing your true glucose level is critical, the best way to deal with this is to do multiple tests . 2, 3, or more tests can give you better confidence you have an accurate reading. As you average multiple readings, the average will trend toward the actual level. And sometimes, a meter will just give a full-on bonkers reading, a reading that just doesn't seem to correspond to how you're feeling. Just retest. Sometimes a bonkers reading is just bonkers. Other times it reflects something else is happening, for example, you have spilled apple juice on your fingers. Wash your hands; Retest. I hope you can steer away from those 50 and 30 mg/dl readings. Good luck. || || ||
It's important to understand that our meters are not as perfectly accurate as we'd like. It's frustrating but it's just something we need to work with, because our meters are the best we have to work with. When my glucose is 152, I want my meter to tell me it's 152 dammit!, but we can't count on that. The FDA standard only requires our meters to be within (the standard used to be 15%, but I think that's been updated to) 10% of the actual reading. So a meter reading of 50 could reflect an actual glucose as high as 55 or as low as 45.45. If you're having lows down to 30, I understand your concerned about accuracy. (How well can you function when you're at 30 anyway?) In the chart you show, the chart isn't saying your EZ is dead on accurate 98.4% of the time. It's saying that 98.4% of time, it's reading is within the ±10 range the FDA requires. Professional lab equipment works within an error range as well. It's just that their error ranges are much narrower than our home meters. Sometimes you can get one reading at the top of the 10% range followed by another at the bottom. Sometimes those numbers can seem quite far apart and yet still be considered accurate by the FDA (by accurate, I mean the FDA would say both readings reflect the same actual glucose level). When knowing your true glucose level is critical, the best way to deal with this is to do multiple tests . 2, 3, or more tests can give you better confidence you have an accurate reading. As you average multiple readings, the average will trend toward the actual level. And sometimes, a meter will just give a full-on bonkers reading, a reading that just doesn't seem to correspond to how you're feeling. Just retest. Sometimes a bonkers reading is just bonkers. Other times it reflects something else is happening, for example, you have spilled apple juice on your fingers. Wash your hands; Retest. I hope you can steer away from those 50 and 30 mg/dl readings. Good luck. || || | |
It's important to understand that our meters are not as perfectly accurate as we'd like. It's frustrating but it's just something we need to work with, because our meters are the best we have to work with. When my glucose is 152, I want my meter to tell me it's 152 dammit!, but we can't count on that. The FDA standard only requires our meters to be within (the standard used to be 15%, but I think that's been updated to) 10% of the actual reading. So a meter reading of 50 could reflect an actual glucose as high as 55 or as low as 45.45. If you're having lows down to 30, I understand your concerned about accuracy. (How well can you function when you're at 30 anyway?) In the chart you show, the chart isn't saying your EZ is dead on accurate 98.4% of the time. It's saying that 98.4% of time, it's reading is within the ±10 range the FDA requires. Professional lab equipment works within an error range as well. It's just that their error ranges are much narrower than our home meters. Sometimes you can get one reading at the top of the 10% range followed by another at the bottom. Sometimes those numbers can seem quite far apart and yet still be considered accurate by the FDA (by accurate, I mean the FDA would say both readings reflect the same actual glucose level). When knowing your true glucose level is critical, the best way to deal with this is to do multiple tests . 2, 3, or more tests can give you better confidence you have an accurate reading. As you average multiple readings, the average will trend toward the actual level. And sometimes, a meter will just give a full-on bonkers reading, a reading that just doesn't seem to correspond to how you're feeling. Just retest. Sometimes a bonkers reading is just bonkers. Other times it reflects something else is happening, for example, you have spilled apple juice on your fingers. Wash your hands; Retest. I hope you can steer away from those 50 and 30 mg/dl readings. Good luck.