Can you use different test strips for Accu-Chek?

Can you use different test strips for Accu-Chek?

No. Accu-Chek Performa blood glucose meters are designed exclusively for use with Accu-Chek Performa test strips.

Can you buy Accu-Chek strips?

Accu-Chek Instant test strips help make testing easy and convenient with their wide dosing edge. The Accu-Chek Instant test strips may be available on prescription, please contact your healthcare professional.

Which Accu-Chek is discontinued?

Accu-Chek Aviva meter
Roche, manufacturer of Accu-Chek blood glucose monitors and testing supplies, has recently announced upcoming changes to its product line. Roche will be discontinuing the Accu-Chek Aviva meter at the end of 2020 and the Aviva Plus test strips at the end of 2022.

Are blood sugar test strips universal?

Manufacturers market strips made for their monitors, and strips made for other devices simply will not work. Even different meters from the same manufacturer often require a different set of strips. You may be able to find generic strips that will work in your meter.

Who makes Accu-Chek test strips?

Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
Roche Diabetes Care, Inc., the maker of Accu-Chek products, is a leading provider of blood sugar monitoring systems and insulin pumps. With more than 40 years experience, our number one goal is to help people living with diabetes track and manage their blood sugar so they may have better control of their health.

Where are Accu-Chek test strips made?

For example, Roche, the manufacturer of Accu-Check test strips has a manufacturing plant in Indianapolis that turns out over 4 billion test strips a year. Though it’s not clear why, Roche chooses to make some of their test strips here in the U.S and others overseas.

What strips are compatible with Accu-Chek Instant?

What test strips work with my Accu-Chek meter?

• Accu-Chek Guide Me, Accu-Chek Guide, and Accu-Chek Guide Link meters. The Accu-Chek Guide Me, Accu-Chek Guide, and Accu-Chek Guide Link meters use Accu-Chek Guide test strips.
• Accu-Chek Aviva, Accu-Chek Aviva Connect, and Accu-Chek Aviva Expert meters.
• Accu-Chek Nano meter.

Why is Accu-Chek discontinued?

On December 11, 2019, Roche Diabetes Care announced a voluntary, consumer-level recall of two lots of Accu-Chek Aviva Plus test strips due to the inability to perform a valid blood glucose measurement on a patient’s meter with multiple strips in a given strip vial.

Which Accu-Chek is the best?

Roche Diabetes Care states that the Accu-Chek Guide meter and strips are more accurate than any of their previous Accu-Chek products. According to the FDA, clinical results submitted to regulators show that with the lowest glucose readings below 75 mg/dL, Accu-Chek Guide hits an accuracy of 100 percent.

Are all blood glucose test strips the same?

What is a Roche glucometer?

Accurate blood glucose measurement: The Accu-Chek Active Glucometer is one of the most accurate systems and it fulfills ISO 15197:2013 standards of accuracy. Easy to use: Accu-Chek Active blood glucose meter packs many powerful features into a smaller size, making the blood glucose monitoring process easy.

What do you do with expired diabetic test strips?

For expired test strips, you can just throw them in the trash. For unused expired control solution and medications, you can mix them with kitty litter or coffee grounds in a Ziplock bag and put them in the trash.

How long do Accu-Chek test strips last?

If the test strip container is opened, test strips expire 180 days after opening or by the expiration date printed on the label, whichever is sooner.

Can Accu-Chek Active strips be used in Accu-Chek Instant?

Will my Accu-Chek Active, Accu‑Chek Aviva or Accu‑Chek Performa test strips work with Accu‑Chek Instant meters? No, there is no compatibility between the Accu‑Chek Instant test strips with these and other Accu‑Chek systems. Accu‑Chek Instant test strips are compatible with Accu‑Chek Instant S Meter.