External Quality Assessment of Blood Glucose Monitors: Whole Blood Glucose Standard Is Key to Accurate Insulin Dosages

摘要

IntroductionThere is no available glucose standard for whole blood. None of the various glucose controls can be used as standards (calibrators) for glucose meters or test strips. This article describes the need for a whole blood glucose standard for areas such as manufacturing or proficiency evaluations. Furthermore, it describes the performance of the standard developed by Streck. Implementation of a whole blood glucose reference standard may allow the manufacturers of products for the diabetes health care industry to reduce the level of systematic difference between true blood glucose values and those obtained by point-of-care (POC) glucose meters.