Gluco Navii expert required.

[Andy D]

After some advice I thought I would buy a Gluco Navii GDH monitor. After having a few morning tests, which seemed to be in the ball-park, I thought I would purchase some control solution.
The instructions appear to favour the mg/dl reading. When I first followed the instructions for setting up the monitor I am sure at some point I changed from mg/dL to mmol/L, purely on the basis that I had a result in that format. So I decided to change it back, but, can I find how to do this? AAARRRGGGHHH!!!! Please help Obi-Wan you are my only hope.

Also, just one small gripe. Unless I am being blind, nowhere in the instructions for the control solution does it say why are there are two bottles or which one to use.

 

[grovesy]

Most machine with 2 bottles of control solutions is for different levels, eg low and high . It might be in small print on the bottle label.
Can't help with the other question, was not aware you could still get Meters that you could change from one to the other.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

this from the online manual...

NOTE​

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8. The blood will be drawn into the strip automatically. If audible sound is turned on, meter will beep to let you know the test has begun.​

9. When blood is applied to the strip, the display counts down from 5 to 1 and your result appears on the display in 5 seconds.​

10. The blood glucose result is displayed in mg/dL [Caution: If your GlucoNavii™ meter is desplaying results in mmol/L please stop usage and contact your supplier].​

Which seems to suggest that the meters shouldn’t be able to switch between measurements??

And from the website:

• Results given in either the UK standard measurement of mmol/L or European standard mg/dL. You need to select the correct meter for your country (the meter is NOT interchangeable).

GlucoNavii Blood Glucose Meter & Test Strips

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So it looks like what you’ve got... you’ve got - either mmol/L or mg/dl

 

[Ljc]

I don’t know of any meters that can measure in both units ,
In the U.K. we use mmol/L
However if you have a meter that measures in mg/dl their is no reason why you can’t continue using it (not sure if you need strips that measures in mg/do) as you can use this conversion chart
Mg/dl to mol/L conversion

 

[trophywench]

... or just divide by 18 - I always divide by 20 first off cos that's easy, and gives me a good idea of where the actual exact answer will be.

 

[Ljc]

... or just divide by 18 - I always divide by 20 first off cos that's easy, and gives me a good idea of where the actual exact answer will be.

Now why didn’t I think of that

 

[trophywench]

Perhaps because I've always been keen on finding an easy way to calculate, I wasn't taught my 18 times table when I was little and they hadn't even invented the pocket calculator when I started work, which involved more than a little maths!

 

[silentsquirrel]

If no calculator handy, halve and then divide by 9!

 

[Andy D]

Thanks for the input guy's. 🙂

I would have bet my life that when I set the meter up I had this option.......obviously I AM loosing my marbles.

Although, to save me working it out in my head, I did find this conversion table:

Blood Sugar conversion calculator