Question

How many different types of blood glucometers exist in the world market, list them by efficiency.

Please provide references

Answer 1

There are four main types of Blood  glucometer.

1) Invasion Glucometer : This glucometer read out the amount of oxygen used by glucose oxidase by using glucose as  a substrate and it is a most accurate glucometer in market. In dialy practice in hospital and home blood glucose monitoring(HBGM) widely used this glucometer.

2) Non Invasion glucometer: This is advanced glucometer which do not required to prick the finger for blood glucose monitoring. which measures the blood glucose by applying on skin surface and electrically pulling the skin to measere blood glucose. Blood glucose is not accurately measured by this glucometer and also damage the skin.

3)Continuous glucose Monitor: In this glucometer disposable glucose sensor inserted inside the skin and blood glucose is monitor by transmitter connected with sensor and result display on screen of glucometer. It continuously monitor the blood glucose instead of this it calculated the interstitial fluid glucose also due to which it is not accurate.

4) Non-meter test strip :which used the test strip and results shown in color and read by visually (eye read) without meter and it not show the results in decimal due to which it is not accurate as compare to other glucometer.

Blood Glucometer Available in World Market which is Listed by Eficiency.

1)Beurer Glucometer

2)Bionime

3)Accu-chek system

4)Clevercheck glucometers

5)One Touch sure step.

Effeciency is depends on the accuracy to measure the blood glucose level.

Reference:

1)Accuracy and Precision of Measured Blood Sugar Values by Three Glucometers Compared to the Standard TechniqueShadi Khakpour Kermani,1 Alireza Khatony,2 Rostam Jalali,3 Mansur Rezaei,4 and Alireza Abdi5Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer.

2)Aghakachoei S, Zargarzadeh AH, Amini M. Comparison of blood glucose values using two glucose meters and standard laboratory method in hospitalized patients in a teaching hospital. Journal of Pharmaceutical Care. 2014;2(1):15–21. [Google Scholar]

3) "Continuous Glucose Monitoring". The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. December 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2016

4)Tamada JA, Garg S, Jovanovic L, Pitzer KR, Fermi S, Potts RO (November 1999). "Noninvasive glucose monitoring: comprehensive clinical results. Cygnus Research Team". JAMA. 282 (19): 1839–44. doi:10.1001/jama.282.19.1839. PMID 10573275.