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Karlb

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Has anyone been forced to take the accuracy check active meter,the finger prick device and the test strips ? I was told by my surgery that they where stopping production of the accuracy chek Avila and strips. This new meter and the finger prick device are backward steps. Firstly the meter needs to be chipped,the blood sample needs to be place in the middle of the strip rather than the end. Another old practice. The finger device has to be loaded individually each time it is used,which means having to place a small top on the sharp point. Previously the old device had a safe barrel which contained 6 points that could be used with safe disposal. I have kept the old machine . I would appreciate any comments please. Than you Karl
 
Karlb said:
Has anyone been forced to take the accuracy check active meter,the finger prick device and the test strips ? I was told by my surgery that they where stopping production of the accuracy chek Avila and strips. This new meter and the finger prick device are backward steps. Firstly the meter needs to be chipped,the blood sample needs to be place in the middle of the strip rather than the end. Another old practice. The finger device has to be loaded individually each time it is used,which means having to place a small top on the sharp point. Previously the old device had a safe barrel which contained 6 points that could be used with safe disposal. I have kept the old machine . I would appreciate any comments please. Than you Karl
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I have found this advice that confirms that Accuchek have discontinued the Active meters
https://www.accu-chek.co.uk/gb/active-older-models.html
It is not clear what meter you have been offered as a replacement.
I believe all current Accuchek meters are codefree, and do not require a coding chip. It is not clear which meter you are describing in your post. When you say Avila, do you mean Aviva? In that case, the Active should not have been given to you since the Aviva is still currently supported, the Active has been stopped.

There was an older version of the Aviva meter that may have been replaced too, and this may be the one you are describing. It had a silver front. This should not have been offered to you as replacement for the Active. The new Aviva is codefree and uses the new style strips that are end fill, not centre fill.
https://www.accu-chek.co.uk/gb/products/metersystems/aviva.html

The lancet device that came wih the Active was the Softclix, which was single lancet as you describe. It was only available with the Active. It has been replaced with the Fastclix which has 6 lancets.
https://www.accu-chek.co.uk/gb/products/fingerprickers/index.html?product=softclix
https://www.accu-chek.co.uk/data/uk/fastclix.html?execution=e1s1

So if you have been given an Active and Softclix recently then yes this is a backwards step, and no longer supported.
 
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