FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

OT VERIO IQ METER

MDR report key: 3093087 · Received May 3, 2013

Report

Report Number
3008382007-2013-10123
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 3, 2013
Report Date
April 8, 2013
Manufacturer
LIFESCAN EUROPE, A DIVISION OF CILAG GMBH INTL
Product Code
NBW
PMA / PMN Number
K110637
Removal / Correction Number
2013-IE-017
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

FOLLOW UP #1 (06/11/2013)-DEVICE EVALUATION: THE TEST STRIPS INVOLVED WITH THIS COMPLAINT HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO LFS AND EVALUATED BY PRODUCT ANALYSIS (PA) ON (B)(4) 2013 WITH THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS: THE TEST STRIPS WERE READING HIGH WITH CONTROL SOLUTION WITH NO ASSIGNABLE CAUSE FOUND. THE METER HAS ALSO BEEN RETURNED HOWEVER, EVALUATION HAS NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED, NO CONCLUSIONS CAN BE DRAWN AT THIS TIME. IF LIFESCAN OBTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS COMPLAINT, ANOTHER FOLLOW UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. AT THIS TIME, LIFESCAN CONSIDERS THIS MATTER CLOSED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE METER/TEST STRIPS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COMPLAINT HAS BEEN RETURNED TO LIFESCAN; HOWEVER, THE INVESTIGATION HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED. NO CONCLUSIONS CAN BE DRAWN AT THIS TIME. ONCE THE EVALUATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE FILED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

FOLLOW-UP # 2 (08/05/2013)-DEVICE EVALUATION: THE ANALYSIS OF THE SUBJECT METER WAS COMPLETED ON 07/29/2013 BY LIFESCAN PRODUCT ANALYSIS WITH THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS: THE REPORTED COMPLAINT COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED DURING INVESTIGATION. THE METER FUNCTIONED NORMALLY AND NO ISSUES WERE FOUND. IF LIFESCAN OBTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS COMPLAINT, A FOLLOW UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. AT THIS TIME, LIFESCAN CONSIDERS THIS MATTER CLOSED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2013, THE REPORTER CONTACTED LIFESCAN (B)(4), ALLEGING THAT THE SUBJECT METER READ INACCURATELY HIGH COMPARED TO ANOTHER DEVICE. THE REPORTER CLAIMED OBTAINING BLOOD GLUCOSE READINGS OF 14.0 MMOL/L WITH THE SUBJECT METER AND 7.2 MMOL/L ON ANOTHER DEVICE, PERFORMED WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF EACH OTHER. BASED ON STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY, THE CALCULATED DIFFERENCE OF THESE GLUCOSE RESULTS EXCEEDS LIFESCANS CRITERIA FOR ACCURACY. THIS COMPLAINT IS BEING REPORTED BECAUSE THE REPORTED ISSUE WAS NOT RESOLVED WITH TROUBLESHOOTING. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE PRODUCT CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO AN ADVERSE EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
194650 OT VERIO IQ METER GLUCOSE MONITORING SYS/KIT NBW LIFESCAN EUROPE, A DIVISION OF CILAG GMBH INTL 3427476

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 71 YR