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Today I checked my Mother Fasting Sugar level through glucose meter 1st time it's shown 126 mg/dl and after 5 min I checked again it's shown 105 mg/dl. So I'm confused how it shown a big difference in just 5 minute gap. How much percentage os accuracy of glucose meter. Can you please Suggest Is this correct or not.
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Dear lybrate-user Is Good to share your concern. The equipment must be authentic and calibrated regularly. You must clean the surface properly before taking sample. Means if you use spirit to clean it sold be dried properly as it may change the reading. Best way to check for HbA1c for averaging.
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If you check sugar ten times , everytime it will be different, because sugar leveks aren't stationary,it changes every second.In a day it fluctuates round about 10 thousand times.Accuracy of glucometer is 10 to 15% plus minus.
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Reading correct.
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