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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.
As for results in the hypoglycemic range, under the current guidelines, if your actual blood glucose level is 60 mg/dl, your meter could read between 45 and 75 mg/dl and still meet the standards. The new guidance says the reading would need to be somewhere between 51 and 69 mg/dl to meet accuracy standards.