Are these two glucose results significantly different?

Basic Clinical Laboratory Techniques 6E
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Chapter6: Basic Clinical Chemistry
Section6.5: Blood Glucose And Hemoglobin A1c
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Shirley is a hospice nurse caring for patients with diabetes. She performed a fingerstick glucose test on Janet using an Accu-Chek glucometer. Recall Shirley, the hospice nurse caring for patients with diabetes. Janet’s value from the Accu-Check glucose monitor is 200 mg/dL. The Accu-Chek glucose monitor had acceptable QC results several hours previously. A plasma sample collected 5 minutes later by a phlebotomist by the laboratory, resulted in a glucose value of 225 mg/dL.

1. Are these two glucose results significantly different?

2. Explain.

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