For Users Of Plasma-Equivalent Calibrated Meters - Electronika AutoSense User Instructions

FOR USERS OF PLASMA- EQUIVALENT
CALIBRATED METERS
This section refers only to users with a plasma-equivalent calibrated meter.
If your meter is plasma-equivalent calibrated, then "Plasma-equivalent
calibrated" is printed on the label on the back of your meter.
Blood glucose measurements can be made either from whole blood or
from plasma (the liquid portion of blood without red blood cells).
Both methods are widely used, although neither is more accurate than the
other is. However, there is a slight difference between the results obtained
from the 2 samples. Plasma measurement values are generally 10%–15%
higher than their whole blood equivalents. Thus, if a plasma result is
221 mg/dl, the whole-blood reading may be within the 190 mg/dl to
200 mg/dl range. Due to the slight difference, the resulting values obtained
from the different methods cannot be compared simply.
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