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Diabetic Supply Guide Home | Insulin | Insulin Delivery | Glucose Monitoring | Emergency | Routine Care

      Glucose Monitoring
        Glucose monitors | Other monitoring systems | Ketone testing

KETONE MONITORING

When your are ill or unable to eat, it's important to monitor both glucose and ketones. A build-up of ketones can reach dangerous levels and requires immediate treatment. (Measuring glucose via finger-stick tests is preferable to urine testing.)

URINE KETONE AND GLUCOSE TESTING
Brand Name Measures Comment
Acetest Reagent
(Bayer Diagnostics)
Ketones (acetoacetate
and acetone)
Tablet; use with urine or blood.
Reading in 30 sec.
Chemstrip K
(Roche Diagnostics)
Ketones (acetoacetate
and acetone)
Reading in 1 min.
Chemstrip uGK
(Roche Diagnostics)
Glucose and ketones  
Ketostix
(Bayer Diagnostics)
Ketones
(acetoacetate)
Reading in 15 sec. May give false negative reading if acetone is
present.
Keto-Diastix Reagent Strips
(Bayer Diagnostics)
Glucose and ketones  
Precision Xtra
(Abbott)
Glucose and ketones Glucose results in 20 sec., ketones in 30 sec. includes advanced management system

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