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Hi Folks
Jonathan here! I've now got my CoaguChek 'S' INR monitor. However, I'm a bit worried and confused
because the readings I am getting indicate I am out of my therapeutic range(2.5-3.5) and the blood test I had at the hospital yesterday lunchtime showed me to be within my desired range. Which am I to believe?
Below are the results:
Date/Time INR Result System
15-12-01 / 00:14hrs INR 2.2 CoaguChek 'S'
16-12-01 / 20:10hrs INR 2.0 CoaguChek 'S'
17-12-01 / 12:15hrs INR 2.9 Hospital Lab.
18-12-01 / 13.25hrs INR 2.4 CoaguChek 'S'
I'm pretty disappointed actually. I expected a +/- deviation of say 1 or 2 points, but was amazed that the hospital test came back as 2.9.
I have called Roche Diagnostics and informed them of the results and they are sending me another CoaguChek system with some test strips to run in parallel as a test of the systems. I wonder if
there may be a fault with my system, although the Control Test I performed indicated normal range/accuracy.
I am due to go to the hospital this Friday for another blood test. I think I shall perform a test on each system in the morning and record the results. Then see what the hospital blood test comes out at.
Does anyone out there have any ideas? or is anyone using the CoaguChek and experienced similar problems?
Regards
Jonathan
Jonathan here! I've now got my CoaguChek 'S' INR monitor. However, I'm a bit worried and confused
because the readings I am getting indicate I am out of my therapeutic range(2.5-3.5) and the blood test I had at the hospital yesterday lunchtime showed me to be within my desired range. Which am I to believe?
Below are the results:
Date/Time INR Result System
15-12-01 / 00:14hrs INR 2.2 CoaguChek 'S'
16-12-01 / 20:10hrs INR 2.0 CoaguChek 'S'
17-12-01 / 12:15hrs INR 2.9 Hospital Lab.
18-12-01 / 13.25hrs INR 2.4 CoaguChek 'S'
I'm pretty disappointed actually. I expected a +/- deviation of say 1 or 2 points, but was amazed that the hospital test came back as 2.9.
I have called Roche Diagnostics and informed them of the results and they are sending me another CoaguChek system with some test strips to run in parallel as a test of the systems. I wonder if
there may be a fault with my system, although the Control Test I performed indicated normal range/accuracy.
I am due to go to the hospital this Friday for another blood test. I think I shall perform a test on each system in the morning and record the results. Then see what the hospital blood test comes out at.
Does anyone out there have any ideas? or is anyone using the CoaguChek and experienced similar problems?
Regards
Jonathan