Dave, It's my understanding that the D1000 unit needs to be calibrated
at multiple intervals ??? during it's use.Which (to me) means that a qualified individual needs to re-calibrate the unit at specific ???? time intervals for the individual paitent's protocol..This, I believe is the current "bug" in the system which keeps it from being as accurate as it should be.In other words, the more the D-1000 is re-calibrated the more accurate it performs.(But I could be mistaken)
Now, I would think that the initial calibration would be performed by an MD and/or qualified technician. However (to answer your question) once calibrated could the "at home" patient learn to do it themselves?
Excellent question..No, (I believe) that the unit must be re-calibrated by a "qualified" individual periodically , which means that the unit needs to be scheduled to be brought to a specific location, ie: clinic, to be re-calibrated.To me this is the biggest "BUG" in the system. Even though a patient gets a break from the current finger stick method, blood still needs to be drawn to calibrate the unit.
Hope this helps,
TJG |
