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In <[log in to unmask]>, on 06/04/98
   at 11:03 PM, Fran  Gillespie <[log in to unmask]> said:

>>I had been using the AccuChek Advantage (they take the same test
>>strips), and have done some side by side testing- the Complete is
>>testing consistently lower, sometimes by more than 20 points.

Are you sure you don't have a prototype with the Complete? Look  in the
package inserts for the %CV for whole blood for the Complete. It's about
+/- 4 % for the Advantage (means the range for about two thirds of
compared pairs.)

I use only BM meters and have been very satisfied with them: yes, need
more blood but that gives more reproducible results. Using strips from the
same vial? That does matter. Using a hanging drop and letting the strip
drink it up? That gives better wetting. What's the average percentage
difference (with all strips from the same vial)?

                                                    Kemp Randolph
                                                    Long Island

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