What is XactBHB Strip?
Our product is the first ever non-invasive option to detect BHB. This urine BHB test with a phone application will allow clinicians and patients to get both a qualitative and a quantitative value from their urine sample. This gives an accurate representation of the patient’s current clinical status to help the healthcare provider make the most appropriate clinical and cost effective decision. Our cloud based software can be shared across multiple healthcare platforms.
Who should be using XactBHB strips?
people eating the ketogenic diet. XactBHB allows urgent care practitioners to quickly assess the health
status of a patient to streamline the triage process and prevent unnecessary hospital admissions
related to DKA. In addition, providing this test to discharged patients so they can continue to monitor
their BHB levels at home will minimize the chance of re-hospitalization for subsequent DKA episodes.
prevent unnecessary trips to urgent care centers or the hospital ER (emergency room).
• Lastly, XactBHB gives ketogenic dieters the ability to determine whether or not they are eating the diet
correctly and have reached nutritional ketosis (defined as 0.5 mmol/l BHB).
Why XactBHB strips?
Most traditional urine ketone strips measure acetoacetate, a ketone that may not accurately reflect the severity of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).
XactBHB® measures beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB), the predominant ketone present during DKA and the ketone most closely associated with DKA severity.
Why Does This Matter?When you're sick, have high blood sugar, are vomiting, or your insulin delivery has been interrupted, ketones can build up quickly.
During these situations, you need information that can help you follow your sick-day plan and know when to contact your healthcare provider.
XactBHB helps by measuring BHB, providing clinically relevant ketone information when DKA is a concern.
When Should You Test?
Consider testing ketones if you:
• Have high blood sugar that isn't responding to insulin
• Are sick with a cold, flu, or stomach virus
• Have nausea or vomiting
• Feel unusually tired or dehydrated
• Are following your diabetes sick-day plan
Know More. Act Sooner. Stay in Control.
Having the right ketone test at home can help you make informed decisions when it matters most.
How does XactBHB work?
If β-Hydroxybutyrate (BHB) is present, 90 seconds after the XactBHB strip is exposed to the urine sample, you will see the strip begin to change color. The color change is a three step chemical reaction detecting the presence of β-Hydroxybutyrate (BHB). You then have two options to determine the urine BHB value:
1) Hold the strip up against the color scale on the labeled bottle for a qualitative (visual) value
2) Use the XactBHB mobile phone application to obtain a quantitative (numeric) value