One early sense of the definition of art is closely related to the older Latin meaning, which roughly translates to skill or craft, as associated with words such as artisan.. English words derived from this meaning include artifact, artificial, artifice, medical arts, and military arts.
To be acceptable at least 95 percent of the results have to be within plus or minus 15 mg/dl at blood glucose levels below 100 mg/dl and within plus or minus 15 percent at blood glucose levels greater than or equal to 100 mg/dl. Ten of the 12 meters that Dr. Freckmann and his team evaluated met the higher standard.
Four generations of blood glucose meter, c. 1993-2005. Sample sizes vary from 30 to 0.3 Î¼l. Test times vary from 5 seconds to 2 minutes (modern meters typically provide results in 5 seconds). A glucose meter (or glucometer) is a medical device for determining the approximate concentration of glucose in the blood. It can also be a strip of glucose paper dipped into a substance and measured to the glucose chart. It is a key element of home blood glucose monitoring (HBGM) by people with diabetes mellitus or hypoglycemia.