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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/health/policy/19monitor.html



This article from the New York Times today raises concerns over accuracy of blood glucose monitors used by patients. (This means most of our members!)



July 19, 2009

Standards Might Rise on Monitors for Diabetics



By GARDINER HARRIS

Federal officials may soon require improvements for the glucose monitors used by more than 11 million diabetics in the United States.



The rise in the use of home glucose monitors, even by hospitals, is pushing the action by the Food and Drug Administration, which for decades has followed international standards that allow the devices to be wrong by as much as 20 percent. Such a wide error rate can leave patients vulnerable to severe problems, including seizures, unconsciousness and coma.



In June, the agency pressed the international group… Continue