FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PRECISION XTRA/OPTIUM

MDR report key: 1070204 · Received July 3, 2008

Report

Report Number
2954323-2008-02198
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 3, 2008
Date of Event
June 5, 2008
Report Date
July 3, 2008
Manufacturer
ABBOTT DIABETES CARE LIMITED UK
Product Code
NBW
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
NO INFORMATION

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PRODUCT HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR INVESTIGATION, AND A FINAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED WHEN THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CUSTOMER REPORTED IMPRECISE READINGS ON HER PRECISION XTRA METER. CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT ON THE EVENING OF 2008, SHE REC'D A "FALSE" HIGH READING OF 270MG/DL, DOSED WITH INSULIN AND STATED HER BLOOD GLUCOSE "WENT DOWN INTO THE 50'S". SHE EXPERIENCED SYMPTOMS OF THIRST, WAS SWEATY AND SHAKY. SHE SELF-TREATED WITH GLUCOSE TABLETS TO HELP ALLEVIATE HER SYMPTOMS. SHE ALSO STATED EARLY THE NEXT MORNING SHE WOKE UP AND REPORTED RECEIVING READINGS OF 270 MG/DL, 52 MG/DL AND 50 MG/DL OBTAINED WITHIN A TEN-MINUTE TIMEFRAME. WHEN PLOTTED ON THE PARKES ERROR GRID, THE RESULTS FELL WITHIN THE "C" ZONE SHOWING THE DIFFERENCE IN VALUES ARE CONSIDERED CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF THIRD-PARTY MEDICAL INTERVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, DEATH OR PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CASE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PRECISION XTRA/OPTIUM BLOOD GLUCOSE METER NBW ABBOTT DIABETES CARE LIMITED UK NI 42840

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NI