Specifications

Beurer GL44 mg/dL 35
You will find further details and information regarding blood glucose results and various technologies
in generally relevant specialist medical literature.
Usage limits for specialist personnel from the healthcare sector:
1. If the patient shows the following symptoms, it may be the case that no correct values can be
displayed:
 •Acutedehydration
 •Acutehypotension(lowbloodpressure)
 •Shock
 •Hyperosmolarhyperglycaemiccondition(withorwithoutketosis)
2. Lipaemic samples: cholesterol levels up to 500 mg/dL and triglycerid levels up to 1000 mg/dL do
not influence the results. Severely lipaemic blood samples were not tested with the Beurer GL44
blood glucose monitor; therefore, using the device with these samples is not recommended.
3. In the case of severely ill patients, blood glucose monitors for home use should not be used.
4. The influence of interfering substances on the measurements depends on the concentration in
the blood. The maximum concentrations of certain substances listed below do not significantly
influence the measurements.
Concentration
of tested substances
80 mg/dL 120 mg/dL 500 mg/dL
Ascorbic acid, 4 mg/dL
10.9% -1.8% 4.6%
Ibuprofen, 50 mg/dL 3.1% 2.9% 4.6%
L-dopa, 1.8 mg/dL
10.6% 7.9% 4.9%
Sodium Salicylate, 50 mg/dL -2.6% 9.4%
-0.8%
Tetracycline, 1.5 mg/dL -5.3% 3.8% 3.2%
Tolbutamide, 100 mg/dL -2.6%
12.3% 0.9%
Bilirubin-unconjugated, 2.4 mg/dL -2.5% 4.1%
-0.2%
Uric acid, 8 mg/dL 2.7% 9.6% -1.8%
Xylose, 4 mg/dL 7.6% 0.8% 7.5%
Blood glucose
value
Influence