Glucose Biosensors: An Overview of Use in Clinical Practice

Blood glucose monitoring has been established as a valuable tool in the management of diabetes. Since maintaining normal blood glucose levels is recommended, a series of suitable glucose biosensors have been developed. During the last 50 years, glucose biosensor technology including point-of-care devices, continuous glucose monitoring systems and noninvasive glucose monitoring systems has been significantly improved. However, there continues to be several challenges related to the achievement of accurate and reliable glucose monitoring. Further technical improvements in glucose biosensors, standardization of the analytical goals for their performance, and continuously assessing and training lay users are required. This article reviews the brief history, basic principles, analytical performance, and the present status of glucose biosensors in the clinical practice.

• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Italian National Conference on Sensors

• Publication date

  2010-05-04

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Computer Science

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  DOI 10.3390/s100504558PMID 22399892PMCID 3292132
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