Optium Review
This is a non-biased Optium review on the blood glucose monitoring system. Read about what people are saying about this system before you buy!
Company Information:
Abbott Diabetes Care is developing products to reduce the discomfort and inconvenience of blood glucose monitoring; introducing systems that are easier to use, require less blood and provide faster results.
Based in Alameda, California, Abbott Diabetes Care designs, develops and manufactures several leading-edge glucose monitoring systems and test strips for use in both home and hospital settings.
Features:
- Easy to apply small 0.6 ml sample through top fill and end fill capacity
- 5 second test time
- Designed to reduce the effects of interference from metabolites and common medicines such as aspirin, vitamin C and paracetamol: Glucose specific results
- Uses two AAA batteries
- Alternative site testing capability
- Individual foil wrapping to avoid inaccuracies caused by the effects of exposure to air or moisture
- Designed to minimize strip waste and costs due to fewer test error messages
- Avoids false starts through patented fill trigger which is designed to prevent tests starting until enough blood is applied
- Offers 450-memory storage with one 1, 2 and 4 weeks averaging to simplify the tracking of results
- Uploadable to the easy to use Precision Link Direct computer program allowing you to save and print information to share with your healthcare professional
Positive Comments:
"This Glucometer is easy to use and requires an extremely small blood sample."
"It has a backlit screen, roughly 4 ½ X 3 cm., that is easy to read."
Negative Comments:
"Its accuracy leaves a lot to be desired."
"The manual claims five seconds but that's because it doesn't count the first two seconds before the number five is on the screen."
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