Blood Glucose Monitoring System
What goes into a blood glucose monitoring system?
The key to staying healthy with diabetes is controlling your blood sugar level, usually with the help of a blood glucose monitoring system.
Why is a blood glucose monitoring system so important?
A blood glucose monitor monitoring system measures your blood glucose level, which, along with proper education and the help of doctor, will help you manage your blood glucose levels and keep them in normal range. In general, you can manage your blood glucose levels through diet, exercise and medication. If you keep your blood glucose in normal range, you can stay healthier, feel better and lower your chances of having complications from your diabetes, including eye and kidney disease, nerve damage and heart problems.
What’s involved?
At the heart of a blood glucose monitoring system is the blood glucose meter, a portable, battery-powered device for home blood glucose monitoring. The meter takes a reading from a drop of blood, usually taken from your fingertip, which is placed on the end of a specially coated strip. The blood glucose meter reads the strip and shows the level of blood glucose in a digital window display.
Blood Glucose Monitoring Systems Include:
Control solution — This is used to make sure your glucose monitor and diabetic testing strips are working properly (typically with a new monitor or if you feel that the glucose monitor or diabetic testing strips are not working right). Note that the brand of glucose control solution is specific for the diabetic testing strip used, not necessarily the glucose monitor being used.
Lancing device — In order to draw the blood needed for the test, you will need a lancing device and lancets. The goal is to get enough blood for a sample without too much discomfort. Many lancing devices provide adjustable penetration depths.
Test strips — Chemicals in these strips change color according to how much glucose is in the blood and are then read by the meter. You’ll need a fresh test strip each time you test.
Put Liberty Medical Supply on Your Team
Liberty offers everything you need to assemble a blood glucose monitoring system, including a variety of meters, from major brands such as MediSense, LifeScan, Ascensia, and Hypoguard. We also provide test strips, lancing devices, lancets, control solution, meter batteries, insulin pumps, and HbA1c test kits, all of which may be reimbursable by Medicare if you qualify.*
See if your diabetes testing supplies are covered by Medicare with one simple phone call to 1-866-373-8971. If calling is not convenient, see if your supplies are covered online or enroll online.
Source:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Glucose Meters & Diabetes Management
The American Diabetes Association.
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