Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
CUMBRIANS living with diabetes are being urged to join a campaign calling for improved safety standards for blood sugar monitors.
The monitoring devices need to be accurate to enable people with diabetes to control their blood sugar within narrow margins.
However, independent laboratory studies have repeatedly suggested some blood glucose monitoring devices available through the NHS did not meet the current international standards for accuracy.
http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co...ign_petition_for_better_blood_sugar_monitors/
The monitoring devices need to be accurate to enable people with diabetes to control their blood sugar within narrow margins.
However, independent laboratory studies have repeatedly suggested some blood glucose monitoring devices available through the NHS did not meet the current international standards for accuracy.
http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co...ign_petition_for_better_blood_sugar_monitors/