title: Blood glucose monitoring outside the hospital laboratory.
abstract: Glucose was determined with reflectance measurements in an attempt to introduce a quality-control program at a number of primary health care centers. A lyophilized whole blood was used as control material. Experience from two different studies shows that the precision and accuracy were not acceptable. The causes and proposed interventions are discussed.
mesh_terms: D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D003151:Community Health Centers; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D011786:Quality Control; D012015:Reference Standards; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000379:methods; D013548:Sweden
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose