Clinical evaluation of the Glucophot reflecting photometer in determining glucose in whole blood
Lukicheva, T.I.; Aleksandrovskaia, T.N.; Puzanov, I.K.; Solov'ev, L.S.; Dobrianskaia, L.D.; Pivovarova, S.I.
Laboratornoe Delo 11: 34-37
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-6748 PMID: 2481098 Document Number: 334123
Clinical trials of the Glukofot reflecting photometer prototype for measuring the whole blood glucose in reagent strips have been carried out. The reproducibility has been assessed in various operations with different glucose concentrations. Attempts to estimate the calibration curve linearity and the accuracy with the control sera as against the glucose oxidase method have failed, probably because of the presence of stabilizers and inhibitors, and different viscosity of these substances as compared to whole blood viscosity. The rapid method has been compared to the universal methods and the neocuproin method for glucose measurements with the use of the AA autoanalyzer; the results obtained with these methods have coincided. The apparatus failures and approaches to improving its operation are discussed; it appears to be useful for blood glucose analysis in emergencies, at bedside, in ambulance cars, etc.