FDA Enforcement Class I Terminated

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,

Recall: Z-1212-2014 · Reported March 26, 2014

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-1212-2014
Event ID
67472
Classification
Class I
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc.
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Letter
Report Date
March 26, 2014
Initiation Date
February 19, 2014
Classification Date
March 18, 2014
Termination Date
August 11, 2015
Address
1360 S Loop Rd, Alameda, CA, 94502-7000, United States

Description

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,

Reason

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.

Code Info

Catalog Number 17002 NDC 99073-0170-02. All serial numbers

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Austria, Canada, Germany, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

Quantity

25,203 units