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Key Features of Diastix Reagents
Strips
Diasix Reagent Strips for Urinalysis provides a fast, convenient
way of testing urine for the presence of glucose.
Diastix is a firm plastic strip with a test area made of
special chemicals. When dipped in urine, this test area changes
colour according to the amount of glucose in the urine.
Directions
- Collect fresh urine specimen in a clean, dry container
- Remove one strip from bottle and replace cap.
- Dip test area of strip in urine and remove immediately.
(alternatively, wet the test area by passing strip through
urine stream.)
- Tap edge of strip against container or clean, dry surface
to remove excess urine.
- Compare test area to Colour Chart exactly 10 seconds after
wetting. Ignore colour changes that occur after 10 seconds.
If you are diabetic
or using diastix to measure your own urine glucose it may
be useful to read our article on
monitoring your blood glucose level.
There are some occassions where using a blood glucose meter
may be the better choice (as described in the article).
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