Recall Z-2185-2018 ยท LFR Glucose Dehydrogenase, Glucose
Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
Accu-Chek Aviva Plus Test Strip, Blood glucose monitoring system, Catalog nos. 06908217001, 06908268001, 06908349001,06908217001 Product Usage: The Accu-Chek Aviva Plus test strips are for use with the Accu-Chek Aviva Blood Glucose Meter to quantitatively measure glucose (sugar) in fresh capillary whole blood samples drawn from the fingertips, forearm, upper arm, or palm.
| Date | May 9, 2018 (initiated May 7, 2018) |
| Status | Terminated |
| Reason | The recalling firm identified four US lots of test strips out of specification. Affected strips show increased potential for strip errors prior to applying blood, strips not detected once inserted, or biased results, which may not be detectable. In the case of a biased result, incorrect action could be taken by the user in response to the displayed blood glucose result. |
| Root cause | Equipment maintenance |
| Action | "On May 7, 2018, the firm sent Urgent Medical Device Correction letters to affected Retailers, Suppliers, and Patients. Patients were instructed to check their test strip supply lot numbers against the recalled lots. Any test strips from the affected lots must be discarded. To get replacement test strips, patients should use one of the following options: o For fastest replacement of your product, please submit your request at https://notices.accu-chek.com o Email Accu-Chek Customer Care at accu-chek.care@roche.com and include the following information: your name, full mailing address, phone |
| Quantity | 295, 248 |
| Distribution | Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide distribution. Foreign distribution to Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Denmark Dominican Republic El Salvador Finland Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Ho |
| FDA record | Open on fda.gov |
510(k) clearances named in this recall
| K131029 | ACCU-CHEK AVIVA PLUS TEST STRIP Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Aug 9, 2013 |