I, with my aged, now somewhat battered cynical hat firmly in place, agree that the unit change will be delayed, not lease because our customers still think in old money.
On a more scientific note, I have collected all GTT results for 5 years and put together the relevant data at last, somewhat spurred on by the WHO roll-over to the American Diabetic association. I have attached the summary spreadsheet in order to make you as alarmed as I.
with best wishes and happy new year and NHS arrangement
Richard
Richard Mainwaring-Burton
Consultant Biochemist
South London Healthcare Trust
Queen Mary's Hospital
Sidcup, Kent, DA14 6LT
020-8308-3084
mob: 07831-739876
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From: Clinical biochemistry discussion list [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Masters [[log in to unmask]]
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Subject: Re: WHO Consultation concluded that HbA1c can be used as a diagnostic
Irrespective of the wisdom of this decision, just an observation about the units in the report.
If even the WHO can't be bothered to use the new IFCC units instead of %HbA1c, why should we? Is anyone going to seriously turn off the old units in June?
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