A clinical comparison of the performance of four blood glucose reagent strips

Glucose monitoring

“…15 Both strips were prone to inaccuracy if not stored correctly, away from heat, moisture, air or light. 16 These simple diagnostic tests soon found wide application in hospitals, operating theatres and doctors’ surgeries. Despite endless debate about the accuracy of the strips, it was clear that ‘in the diagnosis of coma, the speed and reliability of a method are more important than a high degree of accuracy …’ 17 Anaesthetists embraced them in the operating theatre where ‘reliability, speed and direction of change, are more important than absolute values’.…”