title: Integrated self-monitoring of blood glucose system: handling step analysis.
abstract: Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) implicates a number of handling steps with the meter and the lancing device. Numerous user errors can occur during SMBG, and each step adds to the complexity of use. This report compares the required steps to perform SMBG of one fully integrated (the second generation of the Accu-Chek® Mobile), three partly integrated (Accu-Chek Compact Plus, Ascensia® Breeze®2, and Accu-Chek Aviva), and six conventional (Bayer Contour®, Bayer Contour USB, BGStar™, FreeStyle Lite®, OneTouch® Ultra® 2, and OneTouch Verio™Pro) systems. The results show that the fully integrated system reduces the number of steps to perform SMBG. The mean decrease is approximately 70% compared with the other systems. We assume that a reduction of handling steps also reduces the risk of potential user errors and improves the user-friendliness of the system.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Diabetes-Technology GmbH, Ulm, Germany. guido.freckmann@uni-ulm.de
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Freckmann
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: Katharina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ruhland
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baumstark
authors.forename: Cornelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Haug
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood*; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D006801:Humans; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose