Yes, Heather, you are right in saying
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These machines should *not* be used for testing newborns for hypoglycaemia.
This point was strongly emphasised by the panel of UK hypoglycaemia
specialists at the Conference I went to in London more than a year ago.

For more info read chapter 5 of

http://www.who.int/chd/pub/imci/bf/hypoglyc/hypoclyc.htm

here's something to keep an eye out for - look what happens if you squeeze the
baby's heel when collecting a sample for the reagent strips.
Helen Woodman, NCT Breastfeeding Counsellor, UK