# ADA: Abbott plans new wearable sensor for catching diabetic ketoacidosis **URL:** \ **Category:** D-News\ **Created:** [June 11, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/ada-abbott-plans-new-wearable-sensor-for-catching-diabetic-ketoacidosis/12792 "2022-06-11T04:14:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/elver/32/8772_2.png) [@elver](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/elver)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/ada-abbott-plans-new-wearable-sensor-for-catching-diabetic-ketoacidosis/12792/1 "2022-06-11T04:14:19Z")
If this actually comes to fruition, it could mean the end of DKA. No more pee sticks, no more expensive second meters foe ketone testing. Abbott seems to think they can integrate the ketone capabilities into the Libre 3, it will be interesting to see if Dexcom does as well. > **[ADA: Abbott plans new wearable sensor for catching diabetic ketoacidosis](https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/ada-abbott-unveils-diabetes-biowearable-monitor-both-glucose-and-ketones)** > > Fresh off the FDA’s clearance for its latest continuous glucose monitor, the FreeStyle Libre 3, Abbott is already attempting to one-up itself. | Fresh off the FDA’s clearance for its latest continuous glucose monitor, Abbott is already looking to... ---
**Author:** ![Boerenkool](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/boerenkool/32/6307_2.png) [@Boerenkool](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Boerenkool)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/ada-abbott-plans-new-wearable-sensor-for-catching-diabetic-ketoacidosis/12792/2 "2022-06-11T12:47:24Z")
Nice development, although I never test my ketone levels. ---
**Author:** ![SBee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sbee/32/8813_2.png) [@SBee](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/SBee)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/ada-abbott-plans-new-wearable-sensor-for-catching-diabetic-ketoacidosis/12792/3 "2022-06-11T16:43:11Z")
Interesting! Although I wonder how much use that will be unless you already know you’re at risk of DKA. Ketone strips are only $10 a box in Australia, and chemists and the endocrinology department at the hospital, will provide a new meter every year if you need one. ---
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/ada-abbott-plans-new-wearable-sensor-for-catching-diabetic-ketoacidosis/12792/4 "2022-06-11T19:52:36Z")
We don’t ever test Liam either unless he’s either a) sick and feeling icky or b) highs that are prolonged that just refuse to come down after changing out tech, rage bolusing to high heaven, etc., Fortunately, neither of those situations occur often (maybe once every 2 or 3 years), so we hardly ever test for Ketones either. I have about 50 or 60 boxes of the ketone strips setting unused because they come with the prescription and I’m a pack rat who is always afraid of…what if I lost my job?..low likelihood, but kind of like a dooms day prepper in a way, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![John58](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/john58/32/147_2.png) [@John58](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/John58)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/ada-abbott-plans-new-wearable-sensor-for-catching-diabetic-ketoacidosis/12792/5 "2022-06-11T21:14:33Z")
I bought a “highly rated” ketone meter online with strips some years ago. The first occasion when I felt the need to check for ketones the strips had expired. And the meter would not accept an expired strip, all it gave me was an error message. Never again, I stock some urine strips that never get used “just in case”. ---
**Author:** ![jbowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/ada-abbott-plans-new-wearable-sensor-for-catching-diabetic-ketoacidosis/12792/6 "2022-06-11T21:26:56Z")
> [@elver](#): > > no more expensive second meters foe ketone testing. Abbott’s own meter, the Precision Xtra, is about $30 in the US and the (ketone) strips are $1 each (watch the expiry date, don’t order in bulk 🙂 I use so few that I don’t even ask my docs to prescribe them, but I do use them; if my BG starts playing up I will run through several dollars worth of strips in a few hours. It hardly ever happens, but when it does I am _so_ happy I have that meter. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_YYC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jim_yyc/32/9553_2.png) [@Jim\_YYC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jim_YYC)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/ada-abbott-plans-new-wearable-sensor-for-catching-diabetic-ketoacidosis/12792/7 "2022-06-11T21:38:38Z")
Abbott’s Freetyle Precision Neo combo meter (tests both BG and Ketones _with separate strips_ ) is free in Canada with the purchase of a box of 10 Ketone strips. Unfortunately, they’re $30 a box ($3 per strip). Strips are foil wrapped and should last a long time. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/b/badd0067a41580fbf26005cddd57ec7aa2582ef9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![jbowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/ada-abbott-plans-new-wearable-sensor-for-catching-diabetic-ketoacidosis/12792/8 "2022-06-11T21:43:13Z")
> [@SBee](#): > > Although I wonder how much use that will be unless you already know you’re at risk of DKA. The article says: > Abbott’s proposed new biowearable would continuously track both glucose and ketone levels in a single sensor So it’s integrated into the CGM and there is no need to be aware of the problem; that’s good because at present I have to suspect I have a delivery problem before I start ketone testing. It’s probably not a whole lot of advantage for those of us who use a closed loop - the loop device will be screaming first - but until that becomes a reality for everyone integrating the test into CGMs makes sense to me. On the other hand, from the same article: > The sensor—still in development So it’s peardrop smelling vapourware.