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Appraisal of a New Rapid Enzyme Strip
Author(s) -
Nankervis Alison,
Humphrey Rosemary,
Westwood Sally,
White Kathleen,
Alford Frank P.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb131975.x
Subject(s) - hexokinase , strips , diabetes mellitus , medicine , glucose test , urine , chemistry , chromatography , endocrinology , materials science , metabolism , composite material , glycolysis
The accuracy and reliability of new blood glucose measurement strips, BM Test‐Glycemie 20‐800, were assessed in 99 consecutive patients attending the diabetic clinic and seven subjects at home. The BM Test‐Glycemie 20‐800 strip technique was compared with the automated hexokinase method and the Ref lotest‐Glucose test strip technique employing the Boehringer Reflomat. The mean of the blood glucose values was 12.6 $pM0.6 mmol/L for the hexokinase method and 12.9 $pM0.6 mmol/L for the 20‐800 strip technique, with a mean difference between the hexokinase and the 20‐800 strip methods of 1.9 $pM 0.2 mmol/L. In the range 4 mmol/L to 12 mmol/L, the 20‐800 strips were found to be extremely accurate, but for blood glucose levels less than 3.5 mmol/L and greater than 12 mmol/L, they were less reliable. Importantly, the strips were often misleading in indicating hypoglycaemia. It is concluded that the BM Test‐Glycemie 20‐800 strips have a practical and valuable role when used by suitably instructed staff members, or by patients, in the management of diabetes, and represent a major advance over urine testing on previously available direct reading enzyme strip methods.