The document promotes ACCU-CHEK blood glucose monitoring products, emphasizing their accuracy and safety. It notes that 24 other blood glucose meters failed recent accuracy studies, while ACCU-CHEK meters passed every test. It encourages prescribing ACCU-CHEK products to avoid risk to patients' health from inaccurate meters.

1. Don’t gamble with your patients’ health.
Your patients’ health and safety is important to us. Make ACCU-CHEK products your first and
only choice. Be sure to always write a branded prescription for ACCU-CHEK products and
clearly indicate “Dispense as written. Brand medically necessary”3
on your prescription.
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Freckmann G, Schmid C, Baumstark A, Pleus S, Link M, Haug C. System accuracy evaluation of 43
blood glucose monitoring systems for self-monitoring of blood glucose according to DIN EN ISO
15197. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2012;6(5):1060-1075.
Baumstark A, Pleus S, Schmid C, Link M, Haug C, Freckmann G. Lot-to-lot variability of test strips
and accuracy assessment of systems for self-monitoring of blood glucose according to ISO 15197.
J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2012;6(5):1076-1086.
Brazg RL, Klaff L, Parkin C. Performance variability of seven commonly used self-monitoring of
blood glucose systems: clinical considerations for patients and providers. J Diabetes Sci Technol.
2013;7(1):144-152.
Studies funded by grants from Roche Diagnostics.
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Using U.S. and imported materials.
3
See Physician Authorization Process for Prescription for Specific Brand
or Mode of Delivery to Avoid an Adverse Medical Outcome.
ACCU-CHEK, ACCU-CHEK NANO SMARTVIEW, ACCU-CHEK NANO and ACCU-CHEK AVIVA
are trademarks of Roche. All other product names and trademarks are the
property of their respective owners. © 2013 Roche.
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To learn more about these studies, visit accu-chek.com/accurate.
* Also failed to consistently meet ISO 2003 global accuracy standard
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24 blood glucose meters failed
in 3 recent accuracy studies1
ACCU-CHEK®
meters passed every study, every time.
Don’t gamble with your patients’ health.
Poor accuracy could create significant
medical risk and dangerous consequences
for insulin-using patients.

2. Only Roche manufactures both its meters and strips
for the ACCU-CHEK Nano SmartView and
ACCU-CHEK Aviva Plus systems right here
in the U.S.A. Each and every one of our
products that goes to market is not only
held accountable to global accuracy standards,
they have to pass our own more stringent ones.
Born in the U.S.A.2
Meter Strips
ACCU-CHEK Nano SmartView U.S.A. U.S.A.
ACCU-CHEK Aviva Plus U.S.A. U.S.A.
OneTouch®
Ultra®
Mini China U.S.A.
Bayer Contour®
Japan Japan
FreeStyle Lite®
China Ireland
Ensuring quality and accuracy has always been our top priority. In fact, the manufacturing
processes we employ for ACCU-CHEK test strips have consistently adhered to the new
ISO accuracy standards since 2011.
These extra steps include:
✔ For every lot of ACCU-CHEK test strips, containing millions of strips,
one out of every 100 vials is tested for consistency of performance
✔ Vials representative of the entire lot are tested a second time, some in a lab setting
and others with capillary blood from actual patients with diabetes to reflect
a real-world environment
✔ Only those test strip lots that achieve the acceptance criteria based on the new
global accuracy standard are released to the market
Roche goes above and beyond to deliver
safe, accurate and dependable products
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Meters and strips
manufactured in the U.S.A.2
“Certain self-monitoring blood glucose
systems, even though they meet
accuracy standards upon FDA clearance,
fail to consistently meet those standards
once on the market, according to
Diabetes Technology Society (DTS)”—PhysBiz Tech (May 28, 2013)
There’s a lot of talk about inconsistent accuracy and the significant impact it can
have on patients who use their meter to determine insulin dosing.
These accuracy concerns prompted the proposal of the new tighter global
accuracy standard (ISO 15197:2013), which the FDA recently voted to approve.
New studies reveal not all meters consistently meet global accuracy standards1
The recent news that 24 blood glucose meters failed to consistently meet global accuracy
standards in three peer-reviewed studies has heightened this growing concern.
ACCU-CHEK Products by Roche Rank
“Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Blood Glucose Meters”
­—J.D. Power and Associates
ACCU-CHEK products by Roche Diagnostics received the highest numerical score in the proprietary J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Blood Glucose Meter Satisfaction
StudySM
, based on 2,681 total responses measuring 4 providers. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of consumers surveyed October 2012.
Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com.
ACCU-CHEK blood glucose products by Roche ranked highest in a study that included
the factors of Ease of Use, Performance, Cost of Test Strips, and Training among others.