CareSens Dual Blood Glucose and Ketone Testing Monitor

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Meal markers can be attached to tests to show which tests were pre-meal tests and which were post-meal tests. From 1 August 2018, you will need a prescription from your diabetes healthcare professional eg your GP or diabetes specialist.

CareSens N, N POP and Premier meters use the same funded glucose strips – the CareSens N test strips. From 1 August 2018pharmacists will only be able to dispense a funded meter to patients with a script from a diabetes health professional You have access to this meter through a Special Authority because you were using an Accu-Chek Combo Insulin pump prior to 1 June 2012 You will need to change the meter you use. You are eligible to change to one of the funded CareSens meters.You can continue to use the meter and test strips you have until you run out. You'll have to change to one of the 4 funded CareSens meters when you want to use funded test strips. I have a lifetime special authority for access to an alternative brand of test strips – do I have to change my meter?

CareSens Dual meters use the funded CareSens PRO glucose test strips and KetoSens blood ketone test strips. CareSens Dual meets the ISO 15197:2013 (the international performance standard for blood glucose monitoring systems) If you're eligible for a funded meter, and don't already have one of the funded Caresens meters, you can get a new meter from your community pharmacy before 1 August 2018. From 1 August 2018 you will have to see your general practitioner to change meters. From 1 August 2018, you'll need to change to a CareSens Dual meter and test strips if you want to use a funded meter and strips. You have access to Freestyle Optium blood glucose test strips through a Special Authority because you were using insulin and testing for ketones prior to 1 June 2012Yes you do. The Special Authority is not “lifetime”, but was set up so that the doctors or nurses who prescribed the test strips for you didn't have to keep renewing the applications for you to access a Special Authority brand of test strips. CareSens Dual is compatible with CareSens PRO blood glucose strips and KetoSens blood ketone test strips. Up to 31 July 2018, your prescriptions can be filled as usual: the Special Authority brand of test strips will be dispensed. From 1 August 2018 until 2022, CareSens will supply the only funded diabetes meters and associated test strips for New Zealanders to monitor and manage their own diabetes. The CareSens N meets and exceeds the 2013 ISO standards for blood glucose meter accuracy with 99% of results meeting the 2013 accuracy criteria. Sample loading – avoid spoiled tests