Packaging Container for Test Sensors

A test sensor packaging container for use in a sensor instrument for handling a plurality of test sensors, the test sensor packaging container comprising:

• a molded polymeric housing having a plurality of test sensor containing regions and a plurality of desiccant cavities in fluid communication with each of the test sensor containing regions, each of the plurality of test sensor containing regions having a proximal end and a distal end and being adapted to contain one of the plurality of test sensors, a plurality of open regions formed between each of the plurality of sensor containing regions, the open regions being positioned on the housing in order to properly position the test sensor packaging container when the test sensor packaging container is in the sensor instrument, the housing having a top portion and a bottom portion that are generally parallel, each of the plurality of test sensors having a width direction and a thickness direction;
• a first foil cover adapted to cover the top portion of the housing;
• and
• a second foil cover adapted to cover the distal end of the plurality of test sensor containing regions,
• wherein a plane generally parallel to the width direction of each of the plurality of test sensors is generally perpendicular to the top and bottom portion of the housing.