Hi Janice
Last time I spoke to the MDA about this ( ? 6 months ago ) they told me that they had completed the evaluation of the blood glucose but had not done ( and had no plans to do ) the ketone evaluation
Peter
Peter Howell
Wrexham Maelor Hospital
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Janice Still [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 22 January 2003 17:42
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> Subject: Re: Medisense optium
>
> Hi Mohammad,
>
> I agree with Stephen and Dave. We looked at this a
> while ago and had reservations. By the company's own
> figures, with paediatric patients with a blood glucose
> over 17mmol/L only 20% were detected as positive for
> blood ketones. We felt that this could lead to a
> misdiagnosis, especially for parents monitoring a
> diabetic child at home. Mums usually have a pretty
> good feel of when their child is DKA and we felt that
> a false negative could delay admission and have
> serious consequences. You may wish to ask MDA if they
> have now completed their evaluation of the Optium
> ketone strips. The company has been pretty aggressive
> in promoting this strip to parents under the aegis of
> Diabetes UK.
>
> NEQAS or WEQAS should be able to tell you if they have
> an EQA scheme for blood ketones.
>
> Regards Jan
>
> -- Mohammad Al-Jubouri <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Our A/E doctors want to have the above for measuring
> > blood ketones. Has any body used it? Is there a QC
> > for
> > POCT blood ketones? Are there any caveats?
> >
> > thanks in anticipation.
> >
> > Mohammad
> >
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> > Consultant Chemical Pathologist
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> <P>Mrs. Jan Still,</P>
> <P>POCT Manager,</P>
> <P>Watford General Hospital,</P>
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