Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall FreeStyle Flash Blood Glucose Monitors

Según U.S. Food and Drug Administration, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en United States que fue producido por Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc..

¿Qué es esto?

Una corrección al equipo o acción de retiro tomada por el fabricante para abordar un problema con un dispositivo médico. Los retiros (recalls) ocurren cuando un dispositivo médico está defectuoso, cuando puede poner en riesgo la salud, o cuando simultáneamente está defectuoso y puede poner en riesgo la salud.

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  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    67472
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 1
  • Número del evento
    Z-1212-2014
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2014-02-19
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2014-03-18
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
    United States
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2015-08-11
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=125641
  • Notas / Alertas
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    System, test, blood glucose, over the counter - Product Code NBW
  • Causa
    Abbott diabetes care has identified through internal testing and investigation that all non-applied voltage legacy meters have the potential to produce out of range control solution results and/or erroneously low blood glucose results when used in conjunction with free style test strips lots within expiry.
  • Acción
    The firm, Abbott Diabetes Care, sent an "IMPORTANT: URGENT PRODUCT RECALL"- letter dated February 14, 2014 to all customers for whom they have a record of receiving 0mV meters on February 19, 2014 via trackable method. Abbott also issued Press Release on March 14, 2014. The letter describe the product, problem and actions to be taken. The customers were instructed to discontinue use of your FreeStyle Flash or FreeStyle Blood Glucose Meter and call Abbott Diabetes Care Customer Service at 1-888-345-5364 for replacement at no charge; upon receiving replacement meter; immediately dispose of your old meter in accordance with your local and state disposal regulations; and please read your test strip insert carefully to ensure that you are using the correct test strip type for your Blood Glucose Meter. The firm, OmniPod, sent a ACD letter dated February 7, 2014 and included Abbotts February 14, 2014 letter to its customers. The letter described the product, problem, and actions to be taken. The customers were informed that you can safely continue to use the OmniPod System for your insulin delivery needs. The customers were instructed to read all of the materials included in the Abbott communication carefully and make sure you understand how it affects you; to immediately discontinue use of FreeStyle test strips with the Freestyle meter built into the OmniPod system; call Abbott Diabetes Care Customer Service immediately at 1-877-584-5159 for replacement strips; while waiting on replacement strips, use an unaffected meter such as the FreeStyle Freedom blood glucose meter; you can always use an alternative blood glucose meter. The notification will be posted on the Abbott Diabetes Care website at 222.abbottdiabetescare.com. If you have any further questions, please call Abbott Diabetes Care Customer Service at 1-877-584-5159. For questions or concerns with the continued use of your OmniPod Insulin Management System contact Insulet Product Support at 1-800-591-34

Device

Device Recall FreeStyle Flash Blood Glucose Monitors
  • Modelo / Serial
    Catalog Number 17002 NDC 99073-0170-02. All serial numbers
  • Clasificación del producto
    Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Toxicology Devices
  • Clase de dispositivo
    2
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Austria, Canada, Germany, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
  • Descripción del producto
    FreeStyle Flash Blood Glucose Monitors System. || Meter made in China; || Distributed by TheraSense, Alameda, CA || The FreeStyle Flash meter should only be used with FreeStyle Test Strips and FreeStyle Control Solution. Using other brands of test strips and control solutions with the FreeStyle Meter can product inaccurate results. || Intended to monitor blood glucose from samples taken from the body. IVD use only,
  • Manufacturer
    Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc.

Manufacturer

Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc.
  • Dirección del fabricante
    Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc., 1360 S Loop Rd, Alameda CA 94502-7000
  • Source
    USFDA