on the control test, the bottle has a 0, 1, 2 and some results next to it.
It says to use the solution and see what the meter says and check it to the results on the bottle.
I show the results in the 1 catagory.
So what is 0 and 2 for, would it matter if it was in 0 or 2, do you have to set the meter for whatever you come up with.
I don't understand why they have
92-124
187-253
374-506
why not just say 92-506 and then you are in the range.
anyone know how this works?
2006-08-26 04:14:38 · 5 answers · asked by You may be right 7 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
The meter usually comes with a test solution for only one level. When you purchase test solution there are usually multiple bottles for different levels. The range is what should be the results of each level test.
2006-08-26 04:28:50 · answer #1 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-20 01:52:35 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-19 17:42:49 · answer #3 · answered by Jenna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The purpose of the controls is to see
1. if the meter is working correctly and/or
2. to see if the sticks are working correctly and/or
3. to see if the operator is running the machine correctly.
It is always best to use two or three controls. A low control, medium control and high control to test the different ranges of the instrument and sticks. What if the machine is accurate in the high zone but not the low zone? Since patients base their insulin on these results it is very important to test each range. One control as you suggested would tell you that the machine can give you a result -any result. Also - there should be a mean and 1 and 2 SD (standard deviation) from the mean to find out how reproducible the results are. How frustrating to test yourself two times and get two completely different numbers? Which number do you believe?
The ranges you list - especially the high range is very big - so I suspect that the machine is not very accurate in this range. I suspect that if you get a number in this range you should go to hospital right away for retest and treatment. Because some machines are not accurate in this range they sometimes just report HHH meaning result is outside the testable range for the instrument.
You can also get a low value outside the range of the instrument and so you should not trust low values either and get to hospital right away for retest and treatment. The machine may display LLL. I am surprised that you do not have a control that tests in the 60 range. I'd sure want to make sure that if I got a glucose of 60 that the machine was accurate! It sounds like your machine is most reliable between 92 and 253.
Some machines can plot the controls to let you know if there are any problems or trends with the QC. They may also save your results and let you know how well you are staying in an acceptable range.
work in a hospital lab and QC is a huge part of our daily work to make sure each lab instrument is accurate. We run standards, calibrators, QC of various types, enter results in computers and plot graphs, etc. We also perform testing on proficiency samples that the outside company knows the expected result to test us and our machines. We send the results to them and they let us know if we pass or not. Each sample is rotated amoung all the lab staff to test each employee as well as each instrument.
2006-08-26 04:44:08 · answer #4 · answered by petlover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My administration answer has a style on it that corresponds to a glucose reference selection (certainly one of three) on the try strip bottle. i've got by no ability heard of administration answer with none point out of the glucose concentration. that is ridiculous. i'd call up the business company and ask. optimistically, they're going to have an answer for you. terrific of success to you.
2016-12-17 17:38:40 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋