What is mmol?
---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 18:18:32 +0100 Subject: [USMA:27261] RE: glucose strips > Nat Hager III > > Might be interesting to someone.... > >Strips intended for use outside the United States are calibrated for > >a metric system, meaning they could give false readings and put > >diabetics at risk if used with U.S. measurements. > > They are both metric, just different units. The conversion factor is > not one and is not a power of ten. > > mmol/l (non-US) > mg/dl (US) > > Unless I am mistaken. ------- End of Original Message -------
