Compact Diabetic
By Charlie on Jan 11, 2009 in Hearing & Orthepedic
Is this operator error (Accucheck Compact Plus)?
On the advice of Y/A, I called the company and swapped out meters. I was getting random numbers sometimes, and the variance would be greater than 200 points.
The new meter came a couple weeks ago, but it’s still happening. Only when the reading comes back “HI” though. If I take it again it’ll come down 300 points (HI is over 600 on this meter).
The user/diabetic is 6 and checks her own sugar most of the time. So I’m thinking this is operator error (what are the odds we’d get two funky meters). But what could she be doing that’d cause it?
Other than, it’s not that she’s filling the strip before it’s ready. She waits for the signal that it’s ready. Can too much blood do it? She has a tendency to draw a huge drop then drag her finger on the strip.
Too much blood, or not enough, also she probably has something on her hands. She needs to wash and dry her hands before each test.
Even hand lotion or soap can throw it off because they sometimes contain sugar or alcohol.
Also, if she uses an alcohol swab before testing, she must wait for all the alcohol to dry first.
She should NOT drag her finger over the strip. She’s supposed to let the test strip touch the drop of blood at an angle and suck the blood up. It has to be the right part of the strip too.
It sounds like her technique needs work and she’s probably forcing too much blood into the strip. Tell her the strip needs to be given time to suck up as much blood as it needs and no more. She shouldn’t drag it across, she shouldn’t be moving it at all. Read the manual and study the pictures and you’ll see the difference.
Ask the company for some testing solution to check the accuracy or your test strips too. Its usually free from the manufacturer. Test it yourself and follow the directions exactly.
See if you can get a diabetes nurse educator to watch her do a few tests too.
Some meters depend on light to take the reading and moving them while the meter is working can throw them off.
If better technique doesn’t work, maybe you should try a different brand. I use the Freestyle and its been very reliable.
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