Any one experience this Accu-Chek problem? I checked carefully to ensure I was given the correct strips for my meter.
Some of my supply from a recent refill is missing the code key. The first had a code key for 113. The rest I have opened have no code key (5 of the ten provided,) but require a 113 code key.
When I changed it out Friday and noticed no code key but the same code number, I just used them anyway, thinking it was a fluke. After some really flaky differences between the CGM and the BG readings, I opened up more to switch the code key and found none.
These were from a military pharmacy; Accu-Chek is closed today, so I am kind of stuck. Thoughts?
No, you're not an idiot! We have to keep track of so much minutia with our diabetes treatment. When it comes to our diabetes tech, we need very clear and redundant communication given in a timely way.
I use the Accu-Chek Aviva meter and the Aviva Plus test strips. I became aware of this universal black code key (#113) in the last six months but I can't tell you how. I may have read it in a comment here.
Since I was still using vials with various codes, I was interested in getting the black code keys so I didn't have to change with each code key number change. (The black code key is backwards compatible.) I called Roche and requested that they send me a black code key and they did.
Then I noticed that the newer strips came packaged in red-colored packages (previously blue), all with one black code key. It's my understanding that once you've inserted the universal black code key (#113) that you'll never need to change it again.
Did your "flaky" readings occur when your meter had a black code key installed? Do you now have a black code key for each of your meters?
I've never received a package of test strips without a code key. I've mostly used the 100 strip packages that contain two vials of 50 each.
get them to send you a black key. they work with all the existing strips you might have, even ones that are slightly expired (yes, I know you aren't supposed to use the expired ones, but when you're strapped for supplies.....)
Of course, I discovered this on a Sunday. Ordered a new black code key on their site--still has not arrived. But I called the pharmacy on Monday morning and was told it was an error and I should have been given one. My husband picked it up on the way off post after work.
Wonky readings turned out to be a bent cannula at the insertion site. I was going down rapidly when I corrected, but the bolus doses were doing nothing. My sensor readings looked like a mountain range. Theory: I think the bent cannula was slowing down the insulin delivery. When I bolused, the insulin injected with more force, delivering more than the actual correction, causing the BG to reduce more rapidly.
I got my refills in the red boxes with no key, and figured out that Roach.he had stopped the scam where they were obsoleting perfectly good strips on a date certain. What I didn't realize was that these new strips wouldn't work past the date embedded in the key already in the machine. Come today, December 1, the meter refuses to work and I'm screwed for the "5-7 days" Roach says it will take the new "113" key to arrive. Oh, well, I'm now on Kaiser and they've given me a One Touch to switch to that's compatable with their meter reading upload system. I've been resisting since I had maybe 270 strips costing my insurer, even if not me, circa $1 each. But it will be a pleasure to have nothing further to do with Rip-off Roach.
