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Detailed information
about your system
Comparing meter results to laboratory
results
Results obtained from the OneTouch® Verio™IQ Meter and
laboratory tests are reported in plasma-equivalent units.
However, your meter result may differ from your lab result
due to normal variation. A result from your OneTouch®
Verio™IQ Meter is considered accurate when it is within
±15% of the lab result.
Meter results can be affected by factors that do not affect
lab results in the same way, which may cause a difference
of more than ±15%. Specific factors that may cause your
meter result to vary from your lab result by more than
±15% include:
• You have eaten recently. This can cause a result from
fingertip testing to be up to 3.9 mmol/L higher than
a lab test using blood drawn from a vein.
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• Your hematocrit is above 60% or below 20%.
• You are severely dehydrated.
• For additional information, refer to the OneTouch® Verio™
Test Strip Insert.
1. Sacks, D.B.: “Carbohydrates.” Burtis, C.A., and Ashwood E.R. (ed.), Tietz
Textbook of Clinical Chemistry, Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company
(1994), 959.
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