A few days ago an Accu-Chek Aviva blood glucose meter arrived in my mail. The meter itself was nothing new. Three years ago when Roche Diabetes Care introduced the Aviva I wrote a glowing review of it, appropriately titled "Viva Aviva!"
What is new is the smallest item in all those papers that accompany a new meter nowadays. It's a wallet-sized card that Roche calls the Accu-Chek Connect.
This is one powerful little card! For some people it means that we don't have to pay more than $15 for each...
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