Can you trick your meter that the strips are not out of date ?

[Sheilagh1958]

Hi

Can you trick your meter that the strips are not out of date ?

I have got some strips that ran out end of December

 

[margie]

You can change the date on most meters. You should be able to find the details in the manual. Saying that I am not sure though how accurate the strips are though once the date has passed - maybe someone can answer that for you. I would call the Drs in the morning and explain your predicament and see if you can get a prescription for some more strips.

 

[Sheilagh1958]

Have to buy the strips myself so was hoping to trick it 🙂

 

[trophywench]

Well stick one in and see if it turns on. I know you don't want to waste one but it would only be one. If it works, it works.

 

[Vicsetter]

Didn't think the strips are date encoded so the Meter wont know, but your results may be inaccurate, the meter is measuring a chemical reaction so if the strips have been contaminated or are out of date you will not be able to rely on the result.

 

[Northerner]

Didn't think the strips are date encoded so the Meter wont know, but your results may be inaccurate, the meter is measuring a chemical reaction so if the strips have been contaminated or are out of date you will not be able to rely on the result.

I have to put a coding chip into my meters so presume this has some link to the batch number and issue date, so perhaps it is that that expires by checking against the meter date. I might experiment when I'm down to my last strip in a box and move the meter date into the future beyond the expiry date of the chip.

What meter do you have Sheilagh?

 

[trophywench]

It's an Accu-Chek Mobile Alan; the one with the cassette of 50 strips.

 

[robert@fm]

To my mind it would be difficult at best on my meter, a Contour USB (or the Contour which it replaced, which uses the same strips), as these are the "self-calibrating" variety where the coding info is on the strip itself.

 

[Abi]

If you manage to get the maching to work with the out of date strips I would contact the manufacturer and ask for control solution ( should be provided free of charge- of course don't tell then you're using out of date strips). Then at lease you can be sure they are giving results within the accepted range. I would imagine a month or os out of date should not affect the accuracy that much

 

[Northerner]

If you manage to get the maching to work with the out of date strips I would contact the manufacturer and ask for control solution ( should be provided free of charge- of course don't tell then you're using out of date strips). Then at lease you can be sure they are giving results within the accepted range. I would imagine a month or os out of date should not affect the accuracy that much

What an excellent suggestion Abi, thank you! 🙂

 

[Sheilagh1958]

the strips where only weeks out of date rather than months so thought they would be okay...........never mind will have to buy some more. Thanks for your help guys