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To the Editor: Our laboratory recently completed a nutritional study involving 104 college students in which fasting blood glucose levels were obtained with a spring-loaded finger-stick device. The Glucolet Automatic Lancing Device (Figure 1), marketed by Ames Laboratories/Miles Laboratories (Elkhart, Ind.), was selected for our study on the basis of several factors, including ease of use, comfort, and effectiveness.

View larger version (63K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. Glucolet Automatic Finger-Stick Lancing Device. The figure shows a disposable lancet (A), the cap (B), and the main component of the automatic lancing device (C).

 
In contrast to our expectations, we found an extraordinarily high incidence of contamination of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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