How much blood does the monitor need? I know for a human glucometer the smallest amount is .3 microliters.
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I don't know the exact measurement, but basically a pinprick's worth of blood is enough to get a reading.
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I would say its about the same.The meter is just like a regular meter looks about like one I use on my son.Love this meter for my diabetic cat.Hope this helps you out. thanks Anita
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Not sure of exact amount but it does not need a lot. Just a very small amount. My opinion is it takes less than a human glucometer.
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the instructions say 0.3 microliters of blood/take from ear (easiest) lip or pawfor accurate results. its so little amount and the dog hardly knows it was done by using ear
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I am a Registered Nurse (for humans) and I was really surprised at how little blood is needed to trigger the machine. Dogs and cats are a lot luckier than diabetic people.
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I CHECK my blood with a human glucometer. I also check my dog's blood with a dog monitor. All I can tell you is that I need much less blood for testing the dog. I need much more for testing me. But I still have trouble in testing the dog, since I don't always get blood with a single puncture. May have to try a few times.
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Zoe, sorry for the delay in responding I had to find my booklet as I could not remember. This monitor also only needs .3 micro-liters of blood sample. Really like this unit but the test strips are pricey if you have to test a lot. Approximately 50.00 for 50 strips. The kit comes with 25 test strips, so you will need to order additional strips soon. Some people have tried different strips for the unit that register different from the original strips, but I have not tested or tried this.
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This glucometer usually has a few ( I think 10) glucose test strips. It does not come with keytone strips. The keytone test strips are rather expense, on the order of about $5 a strip.
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Hi, The smallest is R-01 with I/D 3mm and section 1.5mm. If you need R-05, the kit has 23 of those. Hope that helps
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The meter only reads whole blood collected after you stick yourself with a "Microlet" which draws the blood. Then a test strip is placed in the meter and the end of the strip touches the drop of blood on you finger. The meter tells you when the strip has collected sufficient blood to test. The meter then shows you what your blood glucose level is. Thus, the only pain is felt when the poke yourself with a gadget that shoots the Microlet into your finger. You rarely feel anything and the blood flow stops immediately. The Bayer Contour kit comes with everything you need to take and record a glucose reading. Good luck!
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That is the blood sugar. It is a three month average of your blood sugar. If you have a A1c over 6.4 you are considered diabetic. I was in the prediabetes range and went to normal.
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I have found it to be quite sensitive to minute changes but I don't use calibration weights. The smallest units are 0.05 (1/20th) ounce and 1 gram (30 grams ≈ 1oz). Considering that 1/8th tsp is roughly 1.125 grams, you have to decide if that's sensitive enough for your needs.
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Just called and spoke with A&D; makers of the Life Source 853 and the rep said it is designed for Medium and Large cuffs only. That if I needed a Small cuff I would need a different blood pressure monitor. I was hoping it took a Small. Darn, looks like I'm purchasing a new blood pressure monitor that takes a small cuff.
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Lancets are used to puncture the skin, so you will get a small amount of blood for the test strip
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Go to 'FreeStyle Lite® Blood Glucose Monitoring System - MyFreeStyle.com' also check pg 24 in theOwner's Booklet.Amazon has the data cable in stock.
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http://www.battlediabetes.com/articles/maintenance/non-invasive-blood-glucose-meter
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this meter, as with most, contained 10 strips to begin with. You will need to get more from your diabetic supplier with a prescription or from a pharmacy.
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Most meters or glucometer companies will give you one with the meter. You can get a spreadsheet from the internet and There is my goto app for Android-Ontrack. This app allows you to track far more than just blood glucose levels. It does weight, steps and a host of other things.
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The meter itself is about 3-1/4"x1-3/4"x3/8". The case with the meter, the lance, the test strips, and the accessories is about 3-1/2"x5-3/4". The meter's view screen is about 1-1/2"x1-7/8". It is the most easily readable readout I have yet seen in a blood glucose meter. One caveat: Because the test strips are oriented 90 degrees to what you generally expect, it is tempting to drag the meter across your skin into the blood sample. DO NOT DO THIS! It will result in unreliable, and always very high, readings. Instead just touch the horizontal line in the test strip to the blood droplet without touching your skin, and then it will give reliable readings.
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Packaging may vary. Mine came with the meter, 10 glucose strips, 2 ketone strips, control solution (to check each batch of strips for accuracy with the meter), a lancing device and about 8-10 lancets.
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I can only respond in relation to Prodigy strips. When your blood sugar is extremely high, I find them not as accurate, but from 250 and below they read within 1 to 5 points as the Prodigy strips. I really like the little meter that fits on top of the canister of strips, so handy for your purse.
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It doesn't matter where you get the drop of blood from. That's completely up to you. Once you have the drop you just touch the end of the strip into the blood drop. The device counts down then gives you the reading. I'm doing ketone and glucose twice a day and it works great. Just insert the strip (glucose or ketone) in the device (same device does glucose and ketone) then get the blood drop then touch the strip to the drop, wait a few seconds until the countdown stops and gives your reading, then pull that strip out (if you're measuring both glucose and ketones like me) stick the other strip in and touch it to the same blood drop and get the measurement of the other substance. When you insert the strip make sure the unit acknowledges it (it says ketone or glucose depend on which strip you put in the unit). It acknowledges 95% of the time. If it doesn't pull it out and reinsert and it has always acknowledged the second time. I haven't lost a single strip using this method and I've been through way more than a hundred of glucose and ketone strip.
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The mmol/l is the unit of measure used in labs. Is that how your meter is set? Are you from the US? The unit of measure for glucose here in the US is mg/dl. If that is how your meter is set, I don't see why they wouldn't work.