FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

OT ULTRA2 METER

MDR report key: 4880912 · Received July 1, 2015

Report

Report Number
2939301-2015-27228
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 1, 2015
Report Date
June 22, 2015
Manufacturer
LIFESCAN EUROPE, A DIVISION OF CILAG GMBH INTL
Product Code
NBW
PMA / PMN Number
K053529
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

LIFESCAN (LFS) HAS REQUESTED RETURN OF THE SUBJECT PRODUCT(S) FOR EVALUATION. IF THE PRODUCT(S) ARE RETURNED, LFS WILL EVALUATE IT/THEM AND INFORM FDA OF PRODUCT(S) THAT DO NOT PASS INSPECTION IN A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2015, THE PATIENT CONTACTED LIFESCAN (LFS) USA, ALLEGING THAT THEIR ONETOUCH ULTRA2 METER WAS READING INACCURATELY ERRATIC. THE COMPLAINT WAS CLASSIFIED BASED ON CUSTOMER CARE ADVOCATE (CCA) DOCUMENTATION. THE PATIENT STATED THAT THE ALLEGED INACCURACY ISSUE OCCURRED ON UNSPECIFIED DATES THROUGHOUT (B)(6). THE PATIENT PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING METER READINGS WHICH WERE OBTAINED FROM THE SUBJECT METER DURING (B)(6): ¿83, 99, 95, 105, 94 AND 102MG/DL¿, AS WELL AS THE FOLLOWING READINGS OBTAINED DURING (B)(6): ¿161, 134, 171, 149 AND 134MG/DL¿. THE PATIENT STATED THAT THEY MANAGE THEIR DIABETES WITH AN UNKNOWN TYPE/DOSAGE OF ORAL MEDICATION AS WELL AS WITH THEIR DIET AND/OR EXERCISE, AND THEY STATED THAT THEY TOOK A ¿BLOOD SUGAR PILL¿ DURING THE MORNING OF (B)(6) 2015 IN RESPONSE TO THE ALLEGED SUBJECT METER RESULTS. AT AN UNKNOWN TIME AFTER THE PRODUCT ISSUE STARTED THE PATIENT DEVELOPED THE SYMPTOM OF ¿SWEATING¿, AS WELL AS STATING THAT THEY FELT LIKE ¿SOMETHING WAS WRONG¿. AN UNSPECIFIED PERIOD OF TIME AFTER THIS, THE PATIENT SELF-TREATED WITH GLUCOSE TABLETS/GEL. NO FURTHER BLOOD GLUCOSE READINGS WERE TAKEN ON ANY OTHER DEVICE AT THIS TIME. AT THE TIME OF TROUBLESHOOTING THE CSR NOTED THAT UNIT OF MEASURE WAS SET CORRECTLY ON THE SUBJECT METER AND AN APPROVED SAMPLE SITE WAS BEING USED. HOWEVER, THE RESULTS WHICH WERE OBTAINED WERE OBTAINED GREATER THAN 20 MINUTES FROM EACH OTHER. THIS COMPLAINT IS BEING REPORTED BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSION: ALTHOUGH THE METER READINGS OBTAINED DO NOT MEET LFS PRECISION CRITERIA, THE PATIENT REPORTEDLY DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS SUGGESTIVE OF A SERIOUS INJURY AFTER THE ALLEGED METER ISSUE BEGAN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
429404 OT ULTRA2 METER GLUCOSE MONITORING SYS/KIT NBW LIFESCAN EUROPE, A DIVISION OF CILAG GMBH INTL 3721130

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1