The Livongo Health In Touch Blood Glucose Monitoring System (BGMS), is an Over-The-Counter (OTC) system designed for the self- monitoring of blood glucose by persons with diabetes in home settings to aid in their diabetes management.
Recall
- Recall Number
- Z-1587-2016
- Event Number
- 73486
- Firm
- Livongo Health
- FEI Number
- 3011196194
- Product Code
- NBW
- Status
- Terminated
- Root Cause
- Error in labeling
- Initiated
- February 18, 2016
- Posted
- April 29, 2016
- Terminated
- March 6, 2018
- Address
- 444 N Michigan Ave, Ste 2880, Chicago, IL, 60611-3998
Description
The Livongo Health In Touch Blood Glucose Monitoring System (BGMS), is an Over-The-Counter (OTC) system designed for the self- monitoring of blood glucose by persons with diabetes in home settings to aid in their diabetes management.
The instructional insert for the In Touch Control Solution for use with the In Touch meter and In Touch strips as a quality control check did not contain the limitation of sensor accuracy: (1) with the use of acetaminophen (Tylenol) (2) with the use of Ascorbic Acid (vitamin C) supplementation (3) in the presence of uric acid
The recall was conducted in three distinct events. Members were first sent an e-mail of the Recall Notification - Livongo Test Strip Insert (Event 1) containing information regarding the test strip insert discrepancy. Following the e-mail distribution, a hard copy of the same information was distributed (Event 2) to members via United States Postal\ Service (USPS) mail. Lastly, a second e-mail (Event 3) containing the same information was sent to members. The distribution list for the second (hardcopy distribution) and third (e-mail distribution) events was a subset of the initial member distribution.
US consignees: Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
63,000 units