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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Principle 3 Increases 4 Notes 5 More General Terms 6 References

Introduction

• An office/clinic-based single-use, disposable test which uses a large drop of blood from a fingerstick. Results are alledgedly comparable to laboratory values & available in 8 minutes.

Principle

• measures glycated hemoglobin

Increases

• diabetes mellitus

Notes

• cost (6/2001): $16/test
• -waived test:

• usable after filling out CLIA's simple application.

• Metrika (877) 638-7452

More General Terms

• point of care test

References

Prescriber's Letter 8(6):33 2001

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