Have you had test strips giving inaccurate blood glucose?
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I’ve rid of a meter due to this problem. Are you washing your hands before you touch the strips and test? Are you washing your hands or using alcohol? Do you have to squeeze your finger hard for blood?
Is your meter coded correctly for each batch? Are any of the batches expired?
All these actions can cause such issues.
Have you used your control solution on the supposed bad strips? If you use the solution and the meter tests in range, it is not the strips.
Each finger will produce a different result and the same finger can produce different results. If you have neuropathy, this will produce different results as well.
To complicate matters further, Tte FDA allows meters to have an fluctuation of 20%. Therefore it is not impossible to have such numbers as you posted.
HTH
I’ve screwed up and tested after handling food and got readings way higher than I thought they should be. After washing my hands and testing again the readings have been more in line. That said, I have neuropathy and like the other poster mentioned, my readings will vary from finger to finger and hand to hand.