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Comparing Monitor and Laboratory Results
The monitor provides you with plasma equivalent results. The result
you obtain from your monitor may differ somewhat from your labora-
tory result due to normal variation. Monitor results can be affected
by factors and conditions that do not affect laboratory results in the
same way. To make an accurate comparison between monitor and
laboratory results, follo
w the guidelines below.
Before going to the lab:
• Perform a control solution test to make sure that the monitor is
working properly.
• Fast for at least eight hours before doing comparison tests,
if possible.
• Take your monitor with you to the lab.
Source: The European Society of Hypertension and European Society of Cardiol-
ogy Task Force Members. 2007 ESH-ESC Practice Guidelines for the Manage-
ment of Arterial Hypertension. J Hypertens 2007; 25: 1751-1762.
*2: American Diabetes Association: The Diabetes-Heart Disease Link Surveying
Attitudes, Knowledge and Risk (2002)
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