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Said: The Abbott Freestyle Precision Pro glucometer measures BHB. I am unsure if Abbott is still supporting that meter but we used them in all of our pediatric diabetes clinics for BHB even though we used the Nova meters for glucose.

Said: I attended a presentation by Dr Dennis Begos, the Senior Medical Director at Nova, and learned a lot about this topic. I knew we were getting tons of negatives on our ER DKA patients and in years past have fielded several calls from ER ...

Said: Thank you, Kathleen!  That sounds promising! Unfortunately, yes. The clinic is looking specifically for BHB...

Said: Do you have to specifically have Betahydroxybutyrate or is a ketone test acceptable?  Many POC systems have waived ketone testing capability that can do this in seconds, including several of the glucometers currently on market...

Said: We use the Vidan Diagnostics LucidPlus device to test for beta hydroxybutyrate. It is waived, and the reagent and controls are room temperature. We have not had any issues with it.