TY - JOUR T1 - Doctors and the assessment of blood glucose testing sticks: does colour blindness matter? JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 393 LP - 395 VL - 50 IS - 454 AU - J L Campbell AU - J A Spalding AU - F A Mir AU - J Birch Y1 - 2000/05/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/50/454/393.abstract N2 - A group of doctors with congenital colour vision deficiency (CCVD) were compared with a group of controls in their assessment of colour blocks in the colour range of a widely available blood glucose testing stick. The majority of doctors with CCVD agreed with controls on colour matching. However, subjects with severe CCVD tended to match test blocks to a wider range of options than either those with a less severe defect or controls. This paper discusses the implications of these findings. ER -