FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

OT ULTRA 2 METER

MDR report key: 9942862 · Received April 9, 2020

Report

Report Number
3008382007-2020-03892
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 9, 2020
Date of Event
April 5, 2020
Report Date
April 7, 2020
Manufacturer
LIFESCAN EUROPE GMBH
Product Code
NBW
UDI-DI
00353885008372
PMA / PMN Number
K053529
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MX
Reporter Occupation
003

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON APRIL 7, 2020, THE LAY USER/PATIENT CONTACTED LIFESCAN (LFS) (B)(4), ALLEGING THAT HER ONETOUCH ULTRA2 METER WAS READING INACCURATELY HIGH COMPARED TO ANOTHER METER. THE COMPLAINT WAS CLASSIFIED BASED ON THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENT (CSA) DOCUMENTATION. THE PATIENT STATED THAT ON (B)(6) 2020 AT 4:00 AM, SHE WOKE UP FEELING ¿WEAK AND COULDN¿T MOVE.¿ IN RESPONSE TO THE SYMPTOMS, THE PATIENT CLAIMED HER HUSBAND TESTED HER BLOOD GLUCOSE WITH THE SUBJECT METER AND OBTAINED A RESULT OF ¿200 MG/DL." THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) WERE REPORTEDLY CONTACTED FOR ASSISTANCE AND WHEN THEY ARRIVED, HER BLOOD GLUCOSE WAS MEASURED AT ¿30 MG/DL¿ ON THE EMS METER. THE TESTS WERE PERFORMED WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF EACH OTHER. THE PATIENT CLAIMED THAT EMS TREATED HER WITH IV GLUCOSE. AT THE TIME OF TROUBLESHOOTING, THE CSA CONFIRMED THE UNIT OF MEASURE WAS SET CORRECTLY ON THE SUBJECT METER. THE CSA NOTED THAT AN APPROVED SAMPLE SITE WAS USED FOR TESTING AND THAT THE CORRECT TESTING PROCESS WAS BEING FOLLOWED. THE CSA CONFIRMED THE TEST STRIP VIAL WAS INTACT AND THAT THE TEST STRIPS HAD BEEN STORED CORRECTLY AND WERE NOT EXPIRED OR OPENED PAST THEIR DISCARD DATE. THE CSA NOTED THE PATIENT DID NOT HAVE CONTROL SOLUTION AVAILABLE TO PERFORM A QUALITY CONTROL TEST. REPLACEMENT PRODUCT WAS SENT TO THE PATIENT. THIS COMPLAINT IS BEING REPORTED BECAUSE THE PATIENT REPORTEDLY RECEIVED MEDICAL INTERVENTION FOR AN ACUTE LOW BLOOD GLUCOSE EXCURSION AFTER OBTAINING AN ALLEGED INACCURATE HIGH RESULT WITH THE SUBJECT METER. THE SUBJECT METER COULD NOT BE RULED OUT AS A CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTOR TO THE EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
410911 OT ULTRA 2 METER GLUCOSE MONITORING SYS/KIT NBW LIFESCAN EUROPE GMBH 021-105 4544340 00353885008372

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 67 YR Life Threatening| R