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Aim: Inaccurate blood glucose monitoring system (BGMS) results may lead to insulin dosing errors and adverse clinical outcomes. Results & methodology: This post-hoc analysis used a model to estimate the bolus insulin dose error associated with each of the five BGMSs, for a hypothetical person with diabetes (assuming a standardized meal and target blood glucose of 100 mg/dl). Differences in dose-error distribution between BGMSs were statistically tested. The 95% dose-error range for each BGMS was (insulin units): CONTOUR®PLUS, -1.1-0.7; Accu-Chek® Active, -2.4-0.7; Accu-Chek® Performa, -2.9-0.8; FreeStyle Freedom, from -5.5 to -0.5; OneTouch® SelectSimple™, -4.1-3.0. Conclusion: The CONTOUR®PLUS BGMS was associated with a statistically significantly smaller model-estimated median bolus insulin dose-error and dosing error range, compared with the other BGMSs.