Diastix Strips provide a fast, convenient way of testing urine for the presence and concentration of glucose and ketone. Acetoacetic acid can be found in the urine from persons with diabetes and is more commonly referred to as a ketone body. Diastix strips offer a simple, fast and convenient method of testing urine for both the presence and concentration of glucose to help alert you and your doctor of changes in your condition. Testing for glucose in your urine is important because this is clearly something a diabetic patient would want to track. Diastix are reagent strips used for urinalysis of glucose that can be found in urine. Bayer Keto-Diastix offers a simple, fast and convenient method of testing urine for both glucose and ketone to help alert you and your doctor of changes in your condition.

• Diastix is a ready-to-use strip specifically designed to determine the amount of glucose in urine.
• The reagent area will change colour if it detects glucose.
• The colour shown will depend on how much glucose it detects.
• Dip the test areas of the strip in the urine. 
• Allow excess urine to drip off the test strip. Then begin timing.
• To read the ketone and glucose results, observe the change in color of the Keto-Diastix, or the test strips ordered.