Abbott Glucose Test Strips: Recall - False Low Blood Glucose Results
including Precision Xceed Pro, Precision Xtra, Medisense Optium, Optium, OptiumEZ, ReliOn Ultima
12/22/2010-AUDIENCE: Endocrinology, Patients, PharmacyISSUE: FDA and Abbott Diabetes Care notified healthcare professionals and patients of a recall of 359 different lots of glucose test strips marketed under the following brand names: Precision Xceed Pro, Precision Xtra, Medisense Optium, Optium, OptiumEZ and ReliOn Ultima. The problem relates to a defect that inhibits sufficient absorption of blood into the test strip. Strips exposed to warm weather or prolonged storage may be more likely to provide a false result...