Description:
This book unravels the role of Point-of-Care (POC) glucose monitoring as an essential part of diabetes management. It provides the reader with an in-depth knowledge and understanding about diabetes management; the need for POC glucose monitoring; the glucose detection technologies (invasive, noninvasive and continuous) being used in the POC devices; the analytical performance, characteristics, pros and cons of the POC devices developed to date; the importance and role of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) monitoring for diabetes management; and, the various POC devices and analyzers for the determination of HbA1c.