The Accu Check family of glucose meters has many different types of these glucose monitoring devices to meet the needs of all diabetics. The latest of these devices offered by the company is the Accu Check Compact Plus Glucometer. Some of the advantages of choosing this device include:
- It has the brightest display area of all the Accu Check glucose meters, which makes it very easy to see and read the number on the screen.
- You do not have to enter any coding for the readings or to start using the meter.
- You can take the blood samples from areas other than your fingertip. These include the palm of your hand, the thigh or calf of your leg and even your upper arm.
- The size of the blood sample required for a reading is extremely small.
- The reading appears in the screen in less than 5 seconds.
- You can preload 17 test strips so that you don’t have to insert a new strip each time you test your glucose.
- The memory in this Accu Check glucose meter can record 300 readings and provide the date and time of each reading.
Another of the advantages associated with the Accu Check Compact Plus Glucometer is that you don’t have to carry the lancet needed for obtaining the blood sample separately. This is docked on the machine so that the device contains everything you need for testing your blood sugar readings wherever you are at the time.
There are 11 customized settings on the lancet so that it is really the most comfortable Accu Chek glucose meter on the market. This helps keep the pain associated with getting the blood samples to a minimum, even though it doesn’t hurt that much at all anyway and lasts for only a minute. You can try out all the settings so that you choose the depth according to your skin type. Some lancets go in deeper than they need to and this is what makes them painful.
Another advantage of the Accu Chek glucose meter is that if you are a US resident and have Medicare, you can actually get the meter of your choice free of charge.