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    Glucose Meter: Glucose FAD Ferrocene Ferrocene + Electron

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    Glucose meter is a point-of-care device that uses a small drop of blood from a finger prick to measure the approximate concentration of glucose in the blood. The blood sample is placed on a disposable test strip that uses an electrochemical method to calculate the glucose level, which is then displayed in units of mg/dl or mmol/L. While glucose meters can easily monitor glucose levels at home or at a patient's bedside, the reading from whole blood may be 10% lower than plasma and inaccurate readings can occur due to issues like insufficient blood, expired strips, device errors, or patient conditions.

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    Glucose Meter: Glucose FAD Ferrocene Ferrocene + Electron

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    Glucose meter is a point-of-care device that uses a small drop of blood from a finger prick to measure the approximate concentration of glucose in the blood. The blood sample is placed on a disposable test strip that uses an electrochemical method to calculate the glucose level, which is then displayed in units of mg/dl or mmol/L. While glucose meters can easily monitor glucose levels at home or at a patient's bedside, the reading from whole blood may be 10% lower than plasma and inaccurate readings can occur due to issues like insufficient blood, expired strips, device errors, or patient conditions.

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    Glucose meter is a point-of-care device that uses a small drop of blood from a finger prick to measure the approximate concentration of glucose in the blood. The blood sample is placed on a disposable test strip that uses an electrochemical method to calculate the glucose level, which is then displayed in units of mg/dl or mmol/L. While glucose meters can easily monitor glucose levels at home or at a patient's bedside, the reading from whole blood may be 10% lower than plasma and inaccurate readings can occur due to issues like insufficient blood, expired strips, device errors, or patient conditions.

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    Glucose Meter: Glucose FAD Ferrocene Ferrocene + Electron

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    Glucose meter is a point-of-care device that uses a small drop of blood from a finger prick to measure the approximate concentration of glucose in the blood. The blood sample is placed on a disposable test strip that uses an electrochemical method to calculate the glucose level, which is then displayed in units of mg/dl or mmol/L. While glucose meters can easily monitor glucose levels at home or at a patient's bedside, the reading from whole blood may be 10% lower than plasma and inaccurate readings can occur due to issues like insufficient blood, expired strips, device errors, or patient conditions.

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    GLUCOSE METER

    Glucose meter is a medical device for determining approximate concentration of


    glucose in the blood.
    It is a type of point-of-care device.
    A small drop of blood, obtained by pricking the skin with a lancet, is placed on
    a disposable test strip that the meter reads and uses to calculate the blood
    glucose level. The meter then displays the level in units of mg/dl or mmol/L.
    Principle : Earlier, glucometer devices worked on the principle of reflectance
    photometry.
    Most glucometers today use an electrochemical method. The blood sample is
    placed in the same observation window. The hydrophilic layer present at the
    window, serves to direct the sample to the reagent layer. Conversion of glucose
    is accompanied by the reduction of ferrocene and the release of electrons. These
    electrons are captured by silver-silver chloride reference electrode and a carbon
    based active electrode. The approximate glucose concentration is then displayed
    through the LED screen.

    Glucose
    Oxidase

    FERROCENE
    ELECTRON

    FAD +

    FERROCENE +
    SILVER

    GLUCUNOLACTONE

    FAD

    CARBON

    GLUCOSE

    70 mg/dl
    LED Display

    Procedure:
    1. Fix the test strip into the slot provided on the glucometer
    2. Swab the area to be pricked (ex-pulp of the finger tip) with alcohol using
    cotton.
    3. Wait for the digital display on the glucometer to indicate that the blood
    can be placed on the strip.

    4. Once indicated, use the lancet provided with the glucose meter and prick
    the finger tip for the sample.
    5. Place the blood sample on the test strip. These test strips are impregnated
    with glucose oxidase and other chemicals which react with glucose in the
    drop of blood.
    6. Time taken to read a test strip may range from 3-60 secs for different
    device models.
    7. The glucose value is displayed on the digital display either as mg/dl or
    mmol/L.

    Clinical significance:
    Glucose meter can be used easily by individuals to monitor their glucose levels
    at home or by medical professionals to estimate patients glucose levels at the
    bed side in the wards or casualty.
    However, care should be taken not to rely entirely on the glucose level
    displayed by the glucometer because the sample used is whole blood. Glucose
    concentration in whole blood is 10% less than that of plasma.

    Inaccurate readings may be obtained due to :


    -

    Application of insufficient volume of blood


    Use of expired test strips
    Use of malfunctioning meter
    Environmental factors (humidity, heat and altitude)
    Hypertriglyceridemia
    Hypotension
    Patients with abnormal haematocrit or body temperature.

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