Question

what happens if you place glucose strip in the POCT machine but you are testing for hemoglobin levels?

Answer 1

You can check haemoglobin levels in the p o c t machine using the glucose strip.

The haemoglobin test for diabetes is one of the most important test. The test is known as hbA1C test.

A1C haemoglobin refers to haemoglobin that has been glycated. That means a molecule of glucose in your blood has bound to a molecule of haemoglobin. A high value of it means, your blood sugar is high.

You can check the glycated haemoglobin level in the p o c t machine using a glucose strip.

The method includes:

*Code chip insertion

*Strip insertion

*Blood sampling

*Buffer A adding

*Blood adding

*Buffer B adding

*Result reading

(There might be changes in the procedure depending on the

p o c machine)