November 27, 2013

Abbott Recalls FreeStyle® and FreeStyle Lite® Blood Glucose Test Strips

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services received information regarding a recall of 20 lots of FreeStyle® and FreeStyle Lite® Blood Glucose Test Strips in the United States. These lots of test strips may produce erroneously low blood glucose results when used with both "FreeStyle® Blood Glucose Meter" and "FreeStyle® Flash Blood Glucose Meter" [neither of which have been in production since 2010], as well as the OmniPod® Insulin Management System.

When the test strips are used with the newer FreeStyle brand meters including FreeStyle® Freedom Blood Glucose Meter, FreeStyle Lite® Blood Glucose Meter* and FreeStyle Freedom® Lite Blood Glucose Meter*, the blood glucose test results are not affected. Testing with the FreeStyle InsuLinx® Blood Glucose Meter is not affected by this action, as FreeStyle InsuLinx Blood Glucose Meter uses FreeStyle InsuLinx test strips.

The affected test strips are from lots that hold expiration dates from between May 2014 and March 2015, and can be identified as follows:

Lot Numbers

1281732

1363321

1367917

1283345

1365056

1373262

1283603

1365920

1374907

1285007

1365934

1366515

1366111

1366337

1366006

1363015

1366347

1350414

1363109

1365921

The full recall can be found at http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm376975.htm.


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