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Poll Results   What blood glucose meter do you or your child use most often?     Abbott Diabetes Care         Flash     17%   126         FreeStyle     6%   47         Tracker     1%   1         Cozmonitor     3%   28         Precision QID     1%   4         Precision Xtra     1%   8     Ascensia         Breeze     1%   4         Contour     1%   10         DEX or DEX2     1%   4         Elite or Elite XL     1%   7     BD         Logic     1%   2         Paradigm Link     7%   53         Latitude     0%         LifeScan         OneTouch UltraSmart     17%   124         OneTouch Ultra     28%   209         InDuo     1%   4         OneTouch FastTake     1%   1         OneTouch Profile, II, or Basic     1%   2         OneTouch SureStep     0%         Roche         Accu-Chek Active     1%   10         Accu-Chek Advantage     3%   24         Accu-Chek Compact     4%   31         Accu-Chek Complete     2%   15     Other         Store brand     1%   2         Visual strips     1%   1         Other meter     1%   4   Total votes: 721   What blood glucose meter do you or your child use most often? Poll dates: October 10 - 17, 2004 Total Votes: 721 There are many good blood glucose meters to choose from. In the past several years, we've seen people changing to meters that take smaller and smaller amounts of blood and which produce results in fewer and fewer seconds. We've also seen the number of people using photometric meters (e.g., the OneTouch Profile) drop to almost none. Today, among our readers, LifeScan's OneTouch Ultra and UltraSmart, and the Abbott Diabetes Care Flash, are the most used meters. New to this poll are two meters that are used with specific insulin pumps: the MiniMed/BD Paradigm Link and the Cozmo/Abbott Cozmonitor. These two meters communicate blood glucose data to their respective insulin pump to help the pump make decisions about the proper amount of insulin to deliver. If you're thinking about getting a new meter, review the features of the various meters to find one that best meets your needs. The table below compares results of last week's poll with similar polls run in previous years. Meter Oct 2004 Apr 2004 Oct 2003 Apr 2003 Apr 2002 Aug 2001 May 2000 Oct 1998 Abbott Diabetes Care Flash 17% 12% -- -- -- -- -- -- FreeStyle 6% 13% 20% 15% 15% 15% -- -- Tracker 1% 1% 1% 1% -- -- -- -- Cozmonitor 3% -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Precision QID 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 2% 7% 7% Precision Xtra 1% 1% 2% 3% 12% 3% -- -- Ascensia Breeze 1% -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Contour 1% -- -- -- -- -- -- -- DEX or DEX2 1% 1% 1% 2% 3% 12% 9% 7% Elite or XL 1% 2% 2% 2% 6% 10% 20% 18% BD Logic 1% 3% 1% 1% -- -- -- -- Paradigm Link 7% -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Latitude 0% 1% 1% 1% -- -- -- -- LifeScan OneTouch UltraSmart 17% 14% 13% 16% 5% -- -- -- OneTouch Ultra 28% 31% 33% 41% 34% 23% -- -- InDuo 1% 1% 1% -- -- -- -- -- OneTouch FastTake 1% 1% 1% 1% 3% 7% 11% 6% OneTouch Profile, II, or Basic 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 5% 15% 43% OneTouch SureStep 0% 0% 1% 1% -- -- -- -- Roche Accu-Chek Active 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% -- -- -- Accu-Chek Advantage 3% 4% 7% 8% 10% 12% 22% 11% Accu-Chek Compact 4% 6% 3% 1% -- -- -- -- Accu-Chek Complete 2% 2% 2% 3% 3% 4% 8% 4% Other Store brand 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% -- -- -- Visual strips 1% 1% 0% 1% 1% 1% 1% 0% Other 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 2% 0% Totals less than 100% due to rounding. Obvious duplication of votes were removed from the totals. 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