Nova Max Ketone Test Strips are designed for use with the Nova Max Plus monitor. Nova Max Ketone Test Strips measure ketone levels in blood with a very small sample just 0.8 microliters. Results are available in only 10 seconds. The American Diabetes Association recommends blood ketone testing whenever the blood glucose level is greater than 250 mg/dL or during sick days. One box of ketone strips contains 2 vials each with 5 test strips. Nova's ketone test strip provides a 2-year shelf life from the date of manufacture. The test strip vial can be stored in the Nova Max Plus carrying case so that ketone strips are readily available. A pamphlet explaining ketone test results is included in each test strip box. Nova Max Ketone Test Strips are designed for use with the Nova Max Plus monitor. No coding is required for ketone testing with Nova Max meters. Small 0.3 microliter sample size reduces pain, and results for ketone tests are delivered within 10 seconds.

Nova Max Plus prevents falsely elevated glucose results due to non glucose sugars in the blood such as maltose. Test strips that use the glucose dehydrogenase PQQ methodology can have glucose errors due to maltose, galactose and xylose. Nova Max does not have these interferences since it does not employ the glucose dehydrogenase PQQ methodology.

Ketone measurements are important because Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) is a life-threatening metabolic complication of diabetes with a mortality rate of 2%-10%. It's the leading cause of hospitalization, morbidity, and death for children with type 1 diabetes. Test ketone levels on sick days and whenever blood glucose is between 250-300 mg/dL in order to avert DKA.