I have been off the grid the last week at CWD’s Friends for Life conference. Sorry I am late to respond to some comments. Much of this was written standing in lines at Disney in my iPhone. Some have asked for information on specific meters. Some information can be found in citations linked here: http://www.stripsafely.com/?page_id=75 – Specifically
People are talking about StripSafely. Check out the new DOC links. Here is one of my favorites and what a great blog name: Test Guess and Go I spent the 4th of July writing letters to my senators, my representative, and the FDA. I can’t think of a better way to have spent our national
Our friends in New Zealand want to StripSafely too. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10900924 http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/8946549/Diabetics-challenge-restriction-on-glucose-meters
Dr. Richard Kahn professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina and formerly chief scientific and medical officer of the American Diabetes Association wrote a commentary in Roll Call titled: Competitive Bidding Puts Diabetes Patients at Risk. In that piece he says: Many of our most vulnerable citizens will assume the test they use is
WHY People with diabetes are at risk from inaccurate blood glucose strips. The FDA acknowledges that there are substandard strips in the market but has no process to remove them and insure the integrity of blood testing supplies. Our goal is to bring some urgency to the FDA. HOW The diabetes community will bring public
At a recent public meeting the FDA acknowledged that there are some 510(k) cleared BG meters and strips that do not meet the accuracy standards at which they were approved. There is no clear course of action to insure people with diabetes (PWD) are using blood glucose testing strips that meet regulatory requirements. For PWD using insulin,