We have known for several years that we often miscode our blood glucose meters. Now we have scientific proof that this miscoding can cause big errors in insulin doses with potentially serious health complications.
I wrote about the first meters that didn’t require coding in my Diabetes Health column for October 2004 and on my website. At that time, Bayer HealthCare’s Ascentia Contour and Ascensia Breeze and Roche’s Accu-Chek Compact were the only blood glucose meters that we didn’t have...
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