Diagnostics
The consult room and the kitchen bench, which increasingly want the same things. Safety lancets retract after firing so they cannot be used twice by accident, which is the whole point of them. They come in depths, and the right depth is the shallowest one that gives you enough blood, because going deeper than you need is just a sorer finger. Blood glucose test strips are matched to a meter and are not interchangeable between brands, so check the meter before the strips. Strips are also the line most often thrown away unused, because a pot opened and left is on a much shorter clock than the printed expiry. Urinalysis strips, thermometer probe covers and speculum covers in the sizes that fit what you already own. ECG electrodes and ultrasound gel for the rooms that need them. Everything here has a batch and an expiry printed on the carton, and both are shown on the product page before you buy rather than discovered when the box arrives. Storing supplies correctly is what keeps those dates meaningful, and anything that has pierced skin goes to sharps disposal rather than a bin.
Prices are indicative while the range is being finalised, and you cannot check out yet. Open any product to pre-order it, which takes an email address and no payment, and the price and the pack size are confirmed before anything is charged.
Not sure which one you need?
Three plain questions and the Gauge Finder tells you the thickness, the length and how many. Nothing you answer is stored.
Meters and strips are a closed pair
A glucose meter only reads the strip it was designed for. A strip from another maker will not work in it, whatever the price looks like, so buy the strips that match the meter you already have rather than the cheapest strip on the page.
Strips are also the consumable that expires quietly. Keep the tube closed, keep the desiccant in it, and check the date before you trust a reading.
Single use where it touches a patient
Probe covers, ear specula and speculums are single use for the same reason: they are the part that goes near a patient, and reprocessing them costs more in time and risk than replacing them costs in money.
Check fittings before you order a carton. Otoscope specula are not universal between manufacturers.
Questions about diagnostics
If yours is not here, the contact form routes to the person who can answer it.
Will any glucose strip work in my meter?
Are otoscope specula universal?
Do lancets go in a sharps container?
Know when it lands
We are still building the range. Leave an address and we will tell you what has come in, without making a project of it.
Restock notices and new guides. Two or three emails a month at most, one click to stop, and we do not sell or share the address.