Serum glucose determination with dextrostix and the eyetone reflectance meter

A simple, modified procedure for the Dextrostix-Eyetone system has been evaluated in order to enable the system to measure the concentration of glucose in serum as well as in whole blood. A reduction of the ordinary time of reaction on the Dextrostix from 60 to 45 sec gave serum glucose determinations by the Dextrostix-Eyetone system that correlated almost perfectly with those obtained by a specific conventional laboratory procedure. Thus, the coefficient of correlation was 0.99 and the regression line very close to the ideal line. As the modification is very simple and does not involve any changes in the adjustment of the instrument, it is recommendable in all cases where only serum samples are available.