BLOOD GLUCOSE METER READINGS MAY BE FURTHER FROM LAB RESULTS THAN YOU THINK.
Industry standards have an acceptable error range of ±15%* between the meter reading and the lab reading on the same blood sample.
This means that your blood glucose meter reading could actually be 15% higher or 15% lower than the true value of the glucose in your blood.
CONTOURNEXT meters go above the industry standard by providing blood glucose readings that are within ±10% of the lab reading. This means that the reading you get from CONTOURNEXT meters will be closer to the lab results.
WHY IS ACCURACY IMPORTANT?
ACCURATE READINGS CAN HELP YOU MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS WHEN THEY MATTER MOST.
You depend on your meter to help you make important decisions with respect to blood glucose management. For example, you might rely on your meter to:
- Allow you to make more accurate insulin dosing decisions
- Tell you if your blood glucose is too low (hypoglycemia), too high (hyperglycemia) or just right
- Help you make decisions about your food, activity and medications
To have confidence that you are making the right decisions based on accurate readings, you need the values on your meter to reflect your actual blood glucose as closely as possible. A reading that is off by 15% vs. a reading that is off by only 10% could mean that you inject too much insulin or eat too little carbohydrates, which could put you at risk for a hypoglycemic episode.Highly accurate readings, such as those provided by the CONTOURNEXT meters, can help you make the right decisions
CONTOURNEXT EZ FEATURES:
- Highly accurate blood glucose readings that are within ±10%†of the lab reading
- Second-Chance sampling lets you apply more blood to the same strip if you didn't get enough the first time, helping to prevent wasted strips without compromising accuracy
- Fast, 5-second countdown with small sample size - 0.6 µL
- No Coding Technology ensures an accurate reading every test
*Current regulation based on Health Canada recognized ISO 15197:2013 standard requires results within ±15% range, specifically: ≥95% of results must fall within ±0.83 mmol/L for blood glucose concentrations <5.55 mmol/L and within ±15% for blood glucose concentrations ≥5.55 mmol/L.
CONTOURNEXT EZ meter meets ±10% accuracy vs. laboratory method, specifically: 99.5% of results within ±10% for blood glucose concentrations ≥5.55 mmol/L, and 100% of results within ±0.56 mmol/L accuracy vs. laboratory method for blood glucose concentrations <5.55 mmol/L.
