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Blood glucose monitoring and compatibility equipment checker – Updated 10 January 2018

© The National Pharmacy Association. December 2017. Produced by the Pharmacy team. Direct Dial: 01727 891 800 Email: [email protected] Online: www.npa.co.uk

Introduction

This resource has been created to assist pharmacists, and other appropriately trained members of the pharmacy team, to ensure compatibility of insulin

products/devices and blood glucose monitoring equipment supplied by the pharmacy. For example, ensuring a patient’s reusable insulin pen is compatible

with the insulin cartridge which has been dispensed.

Pharmacy teams should check that patients have been advised on the correct technique when testing for blood glucose and that they are familiar with their

particular devices. Where a patient is enquiring about the compatibility of a glucose testing strip in respect to a blood glucose meter which has been

discontinued, they should be advised to contact the respective manufacturer to have their meter replaced. This is because a new meter will have replaced

the discontinued model which would comply with the current standards as defined by the International Organization for Standardisation (ISO); these are

designed to ensure the greatest reliability and accuracy. Manufacturers’ contact details can be found in Table 6: “Blood glucose testing meters and

compatible test strips.”

The six tables contained in this resource list compatibility data with respect to glucose monitoring and insulin administration devices:

Table 1: Universally compatible needles with majority of insulin pens

Table 2: Reusable insulin pens and compatible needles

Table 3: Pre-filled disposable insulin pens and compatible needles

Table 4: Lancing device and compatible lancets

Table 5: Self-contained lancets

Table 6: Blood glucose testing meters and compatible test strips

Please note:

The size/gauges of each device are not listed in this resource and therefore this should be cross checked against the prescription, and where

necessary checked with the patient/ prescriber to ensure the correct item is dispensed

Blood glucose testing meters and lancing devices cannot be prescribed on an NHS prescription

It is important to check the current Drug Tariff to determine if the relevant device can be prescribed on an NHS prescription

This resource can be used in conjunction with the NPA insulin identification checker, which has been designed to assist pharmacy teams to identify the

correct insulin product to supply when dispensing generically written prescriptions.



Table 1: Universally compatible needles with majority of insulin pens

Universally compatible needles Manufacturer Distributors

BD AutoShield Duo™

BD Micro-Fine ™+ (discontinued)

BD Micro-Fine Ultra™

BD Viva™

Becton Dickinson U.K Ltd (Tel:0186574 8844) All major wholesalers

GlucoRx CarePoint

GlucoRx FinePoint ™

GlucoRx FinePoint ™ Ultra

GlucoRx (Tel:01483 755133) All major wholesalers

IME-FINE IME-DC (based in Germany) Arctic Medical Ltd (Tel:0130 327 751)

All major wholesalers

Insupen Artsana (based in Italy) Spirit Healthcare (Tel:0800 881 5423)

All major wholesalers

Microdot Droplet®

Microdot Verifine Safety Pen

HTL-STREFA S.A. (based in Poland) Cambridge Sensors Ltd (Tel:01480 482920)

Haemofine® HTL-STREFA S.A. (based in Poland) All major wholesalers

Nanopass® Terumo UK Ltd (Tel:01784 476200) AAH Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Alliance Healthcare and Phoenix Healthcare Distribution Ltd only

Neon Verifine®

Neon Verifine® Safety

Neon Verifine® Ultra

Neon Diagnostics Ltd (Tel:01376 500720) All major wholesalers

NovoFine® Novo Nordisk UK (Tel:01293 613555) All major wholesalers

Omnican® Fine B. Braun Medical Ltd (Tel: 01142 259000) All major wholesalers

PROFine™ Prosum Medical Ltd (Tel: 01612 261900) Alliance Healthcare only

TriCare™

Unifine® Pentips®

Unifine® Pentips® Plus

Owen Mumford Ltd (Tel:01993 812021) All major wholesalers



Table 2: Reusable insulin pens and compatible needles

Manufacturer of insulin cartridges

Insulin cartridges Compatible reusable insulin pens tested by manufacturer

Dosage increments (min-max)

Universally compatible needles tested by

manufacturer

Alternative compatible reusable

insulin pens

Dosage increments (min-max)

Eli Lilly and Company Ltd (Tel: 01256 315 000)

Abasaglar®

Humalog®

Humalog® Mix25™

Humalog® Mix50™

Humulin® I

Humulin® M3

Humulin® S

HumaPen® Savvio™ 1-60 units (1 unit)

BD Micro-Fine Ultra

NovoFine®

Autopen® Classic (Owen Mumford)

1-21 units (1 unit)

HumaPen® Luxura HD™

0.5-30 units (0.5 units)

2-42 units (2 units)

Novo Nordisk Ltd (Tel: 01293 631 555)

Fiasp® (Penfill)

Insulatard® Penfill®

Levemir® Penfill®

NovoMix® 30 Penfill®

NovoRapid® Penfill®

Tresiba® Penfill®

NovoPen® 4 1-60 units (1 unit)

NovoFine® Plus (Fiasp® Penfill only)

NovoFine®

NovoTwist®

n/a

n/a

NovoPen® 5 1-60 units (1 unit)

NovoPen® Echo® 0.5-30 units (0.5 units)

Sanofi (Tel: 01483 505 515)

Apidra®

Insuman® Basal

Insuman® Comb 15

Insuman® Comb 25

Insuman® Comb 50

Insuman® Rapid

Lantus®

Clikstar® (discontinued)

1-80 units (1 unit)

BD Autoshield Duo™

BD Micro-Fine Ultra

mylife Clickfine®

Unifine® Pentips®


Autopen® 24 (Owen Mumford)

1-21 units (1 unit)

Junior STAR® 1-30 units (0.5 units)


Wockhardt UK (Tel: 01293 631 555)

Hypurin® Bovine Isophane

Hy purin® Bovine Neutral

Hypurin® Porcine 30/70 Mix

Hypurin® Porcine Isophane

Hypurin® Porcine Neutral

Autopen® Classic

1-21 units (1 unit)

Most major brands of needles

n/a n/a




Table 3: Pre-filled disposable insulin pens and compatible needles

*Currently disallowed on NHS prescriptions however pharmacy teams are advised to check the relevant Drug Tariff in relation to the month the device is

being dispensed in.

Manufacturer of pre-filled disposable insulin pens

Pre-filled disposable insulin pens Dosage increment (min-max)

Compatible needles tested by manufacturer

Eli Lilly and Company Ltd (Tel: 01256 315 000)

Abasaglar® Kwikpen™ 1-80 units (1 unit) BD AutoShield Duo™


NovoFine®

Humalog®KwikPen™ 1-60 units (1 unit)

Humalog® Mix25™Kwikpen™ 1-60 units (1 unit)

Humalog® Mix50™Kwikpen™ 1-60 units (1 unit)

Humulin® I Kwikpen™ 1-60 units (1 unit)

Humulin® M3 KwikPen™ 1-60 units (1 unit)

Novo Nordisk Ltd (Tel: 01293 631 555)

Fiasp® (FlexTouch) 1-80 units (1 unit) NovoFine® Plus (compatible with Fiasp® (FlexTouch) only)

NovoFine®

NovoTwist®

Insulatard® Innolet® 1-50 units (1 unit)

Levemir® FlexPen® 1-60 units (1 unit)

Levemir® InnoLet® 1-50 units (1 unit)

NovoMix®30 FlexPen® 1-60 units (1 unit)

NovoRapid® FlexPen® 1-60 units (1 unit)

NovoRapid® FlexTouch® 1-80 units (1 unit)

Tresiba® FlexTouch® (100 units/ml) 1-80 units ( 1unit)

Tresiba® FlexTouch® (200units/ml) 2-160 units (2 units)

Sanofi (Tel: 01483 505 515)

Apidra® SoloStar®

1-80 units ( 1 unit) BD AutoShield Duo™


Insupen

mylife Clickfine® AutoProtect

mylife Clickfine®

mylife Optifine® (*not allowed on NHS)

mylife Penfine® Classic (Toujeo® Solostar® only)

Unifine® Pentips®


Insuman® Comb 25 SoloStar®

1-80 units (1 unit)

Lantus® Solostar®

1-80 units (1 unit)

Toujeo® Solostar ® 1-80 units (1 unit)



Table 4: Lancing device and compatible lancets

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Apollo twist Universal

BD Micro-Fine™+ Universal

BGStar Ultra-Thin

CareSens™*

Droplet*

FastClix

FreeStyle®

GlucoDock®

Glucoject® Plus

GlucoRx

GlucoZen Universal

Greenlan® Universal

IME-DC Universal

MediTouch

Microdot®*

Microdot® Plus*

Microlet®*

Mylife*

Mylife multicolour*



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Softclix

Softclix XL (to be discontinued in 2018)

SylkFeel Ultra-Thin

TRUEplus®*

Unilet® ComforTouch**

Unilet® Eco**

Vitrex® Soft*

VivaChek* Universal

* compatible with most lancing devices **compatible with most lancing devices except Multiclix and Softclix Plus, OneTouch Delica and TrueDraw



Table 5: Self-contained lancets

Self-contained lancets Manufacturer Distributors

Dario LabStyle Innovations Ltd (based in Israel) Advanced Therapeutics Ltd

GlucoRx Safety GlucoRx Ltd

AAH Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Alliance Healthcare

Phoenix Healthcare Distribution Ltd

Sangers Ltd

Medlance Plus HTL-STREFA S.A. (based in Poland) Spirit® Healthcare Ltd

Mylife Safety Ypsomed Ltd

AAH Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Alliance Healthcare

Phoenix Healthcare Distribution Ltd

Sangers Ltd

Mylife Safety Comfort

Sterilance Lite II Safety Vitrex Medical Ltd (based in Denmark) Spirit® Healthcare Ltd

Unistik 3 Comfort Owen Mumford Ltd

All major wholesalers Unistik 3 Extra

Unistik 3 Gentle

Unistik 3 Normal

Unistik Touch



Table 6: Blood glucose meters and compatible test strips

Manufacturer Blood glucose meter Blood glucose range

(mmol/l)

Test time

(seconds)

Compatible test strip

Roche Diabetes Care Ltd (Tel: 01273 480 444)

Accu-Chek® Aviva Expert 0.60 - 33.3 5 Accu-Chek® Aviva

Accu-Chek® Performa Nano 0.60 - 33.3 5 Accu-Chek® Performa

Accu-Chek® Mobile 0.60 - 33.3 5 N/A – uses Accu-Chek® Mobile test cassette

Sanofi (Tel: 01483 505 515)

BGStar® (discontinued) 1.10 - 33.3 5 BGStar®

MyStar Extra® 1.10 - 33.3 5 BG Star® MyStar Plus® (wirelessly sends blood glucose data to the MyStar Plus App)

1.10 - 33.3 5 BG Star®

Spirit® Healthcare Ltd. (Tel: 08008 815 423)

CareSens™ Dual (wirelessly sends blood glucose data to the SmartLog App)

1.10 - 33.3 5 CareSens™ Pro

CareSens N™ 1.10 - 33.3 5 CareSens N™

CareSens N Pop™ 1.10 - 33.3 5 CareSens N™

CareSens Voice™ 1.10 - 33.3 5 CareSens N™

TEE2™ 1.10 - 33.3 5 TEE2™

Ascensia Diabetes Care (Tel: 0345 600 6030)

Contour® 0.60 - 33.3 5 Contour®

Contour®Next 0.60 - 33.3 5 Contour®Next

Contour®Next Link 1.10 - 33.3 5 Contour®Next

Contour®Next Link 2.4 1.10 - 33.3 5 Contour®Next

Contour® Next One (wirelessly send blood glucose data to the Contour Diabetes App)

0.60 - 33.3 5 Contour®Next

Contour®TS 0.60 - 33.3 5 Contour®TS

Neon Diagnostics Ltd. (Tel: 01376 500 720)

ElementTM 0.55 - 33.3 3 ElementTM

Finetest TM Lite 1.10 - 33.3 5 Finetest TM Lite

GlucoLab TM 0.55 - 33.3 5 GlucoLab™

GluNEO® 0.60 - 33.3 5 GluNEO®

Abbott Diabetes Care (Tel: 08001 701 177)

Freestyle Freedom Lite 1.10 - 27.8 5 FreeStyle Lite

Freestyle InsuLinx (discontinued) 1.10 - 27.8 3 FreeStyle Lite

FreeStyle Optium Neo 1.10 - 27.8 5 FreeStyle Optium



Manufacturer Blood glucose meter Blood glucose range

(mmol/l)

Test time

(seconds)


A.Menarini Diagnostics Ltd. (Tel: 01189 444 100)

GlucoMen® Areo 1.10 - 33.3 5 GlucoMen® Areo Sensor

GlucoMen® Areo 2K 1.10 - 33.3 5 GlucoMen® Areo Sensor

GlucoMen® GM 0.60 - 33.3 7 GlucoMen® GM Sensor

GlucoMen® LX Plus 1.10 - 33.3 4 GlucoMen® LX Sensor

GlucoMen® LX 2 1.10 - 33.3 4 GlucoMen® LX Sensor

GlucoRx Ltd (Tel: 01483 755 133)

GlucoRx GO (wirelessly sends blood glucose data via GlucoRx Blue App)

1.10 - 33.3 5 GlucoRx Nexus

GlucoRx HCT 0.50 - 35.0 5 GlucoRx HCT

GlucoRx HCT Connect (wirelessly sends blood glucose data via GlucoRx HCT App)

0.50 - 35.0 5 GlucoRx HCT

GlucoRx Nexus 1.10 - 33.3 5 GlucoRx Nexus

GlucoRx Nexus Mini 1.10 - 33.3 5 GlucoRx Nexus

GlucoRx Nexus Mini Ultra ((wirelessly sends blood glucose data via GlucoRx HCT App)

1.10 - 33.3 5 GlucoRx Nexus

GlucoRx Nexus Voice 1.10 - 33.3 5 GlucoRx Nexus

GlucoRx Q 1.10 - 33.3 7 GlucoRx Q

Arctic Medical Ltd (distributor) (Tel: 01303 277 751) (manufacturer: IME-DC GmbH based in Germany)

IME-DC 1.10 - 33.3 10 IME-DC

Cambridge Sensors Ltd (Tel: 01480 482 920)

Microdot+® 1.10 - 29.2 10 Microdot+®

Ypsomed Ltd (Tel: 0844 8567 820)

mylife Pura X™ 0.60 - 33.3 5 mylifePura X™

mylife Unio™ 0.60 - 33.3 5 mylifeUnio™

B. Braun Medical Ltd (Tel: 01142 259 000)

Omnitest® 3 0.60 - 33.3 3 Omnitest® 3

Omnitest® 5 0.60 - 33.3 5 Omnitest® 5



Manufacturer Blood glucose meter Blood glucose range (mmol/l)

Test time (seconds)


LifeScan (Tel: 0800 121 200)

OneTouch Select® Plus 1.10 - 33.3 5 One Touch Select® Plus

OneTouch UltraEasy® 1.10 - 33.3 5 OneTouch®Ultra®

OneTouch Verio® 1.10 - 33.3 5 OneTouch Verio®

OneTouch Verio®IQ 1.10 - 33.3 5 OneTouch Verio®

OneTouch Verio Flex® (wirelessly sends blood glucose data to OneTouch Reveal App)

1.10 - 33.3 5 OneTouch Verio®

Palmdoc Ltd (Tel: 0800 994 9995)

Palmdoc1™ 1.10 - 33.3 5 Palmdoc™

Palmdoc 2™ 1.10 - 33.3 Palmdoc ™

Home Health UK Ltd (distributor) (Tel: 01923 711 511) (manufacturer: SD BioSensor Inc. based in Korea)

SD Codefree 0.60 - 33.3 5 SD Codefree

Apollo Medical Technologies Ltd (Tel: 01636 831 201)

SuperCheck2 (talking meter – ideal for those with visual impairment or those requiring audio assistance)

1.10 - 33.3 6 SuperCheck2

Nipro Diagnostics Ltd (Tel: 08000 858 808)

TRUEyou 1.10 - 33.3 4 TRUEyou

TRUEyou mini 1.10 - 33.3 4 TRUEyou

Trueresult twist 1.10 - 33.3 4 TRUEresult

VivaChek (Tel: 08006 127 531)

VivaChek™ Ino 0.60 - 33.3 5 VivaChek™ Ino

AgaMatrix Europe Ltd (Tel: 08000 931 812)

WaveSense JAZZ™ 1.10 - 33.3 5 WaveSense JAZZ™

WaveSense JAZZ™ WIRELESS (wirelessly sends blood glucose data to AgaMatrix Diabetes Manager App)

1.10 - 33.3 5 WaveSense JAZZ™

Disclaimer: The information published is, to the best of our knowledge, correct at the time of publication. However, no responsibility will be accepted for any

consequences of decisions made using this information.

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