Patient and health-care professional satisfaction with a new, simple, high accuracy blood glucose meter with color range indicator

• Main Authors: Laurence B Katz, Mike Grady, Lorna Stewart, Hilary Cameron, Pamela A Anderson, Anish Desai
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
• Subjects: Accuracy; blood glucose; blood glucose meter; blood glucose strips; self-monitoring of blood glucose
• Online Access: http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2017;volume=21;issue=2;spage=322;epage=328;aulast=Katz

Background: Accurate self-monitoring of blood glucose (BG) is a key component of effective self-management of glycemic control. Methods: The OneTouch Select Plus Simple™ (OTSPS) BG monitoring system (BGMS) was evaluated for accuracy in a clinical setting. Results: OTSPS was accurate over a wide glucose range and met lay user and system accuracy BG standards described in ISO 15197:2013. Patients also used OTSPS for a 1-week trial period and reported their level of satisfaction with meter features. In a separate study, health-care professionals (HCPs) in India naïve to OTSPS experienced OTSPS online using a variety of interactive demonstrations of the BGMS and answered questions about its potential utility to their patients. Summary: Patients and HCPs felt the features of OTSPS, including a color range indicator, could provide significant benefits to them and their patients.