Last month, the SWLP POCT team received the exciting news that after two years of hard work, the blood gas and glucose meter service at St George’s was given full UKAS accreditation. It is the largest and most complex POCT service in the country to receive full accreditation, which proved challenging for both the POCT […]
Haemoglobin A1c
Category | Biochemistry |
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Reporting frequency | Daily (Monday - Friday) |
Additional information
Target for monitoring control of diabetes (NICE):
48mmol/mol: good control
49 – 58mmol/mol: interpret in relation to individualised target
58mmol/mol: poor control
Target for diagnosis of Type2 diabetes (WHO 2011):
48mmol/mol: diagnostic for diabetes if symptomatic
42-47mmol/mol: high risk for diabetes
41mmol/mol: diabetes unlikely (but not excluded)
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