Suggest New Glucose Meter Technology For the Tech Savvy

February 2016

Patients will ask for your help choosing a blood glucose meter and test strips...especially now that there are more options than ever.

Explain that the bottom line will usually be cost of the strips...NOT the meter.

For example, the Accu-Chek Aviva Nano meter may be available for free with the purchase of 100 test strips...but a patient testing just once daily could pay about $23/month for 30 strips.

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