FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc.: Abbott FreeStyle Blood Glucose Monitoring System Test Strips for use with FreeStyle Blood Glucose Monitoring Meter
- Recall number
- Z-1813-2008
- Recalling firm
- Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc.
- Product
- Abbott FreeStyle Blood Glucose Monitoring System Test Strips for use with FreeStyle Blood Glucose Monitoring Meter
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2008-04-24
- Posted
- 2008-09-11
- Terminated
- 2011-03-29
- Reason
- Flaws in strip voltage continuity may result in frequency of an Error 3 ("Er3") message display and unreadable strips. This issue has the potential for creating a delay in generating blood glucose results and to delay diabetes management, potentially leading to either hypo or hyperglycemia and their associated complications.
- Root cause
- Process control
- Action
- Recall initiated on April 24, 2008. An Urgent Medical Device Correction was issued to customers. Consignees were notified, along with registered users of the FreeStyle Freedom meters, via recall letters, visits or phone calls. Distributors will be notified, along with the creation of customer lists and tracking of communications to sub-recall. If you have any questions call Tina Mazurkiewicz at 1-800-777-6565.
- Quantity
- 2954900 strips
- Distribution
- Class II Recall - Worldwide Distribution --- including USA and countries of Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Israel and Denmark.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Part numbers/Serial numbers/Exp. Date: CAT12050-01/0618625/Jul08; M70449-03/0703325/Feb09; CAT12450-01 (70345-02)/0618129/Jun08; CAT70450-01/0700815/Jan09; CAT70447-02/0628646/Oct08; CAT12450-01 (70345-02)/0627030/Sep08; CAT70450-02/0703019/Jan09; CAT12050-02/0703118/Jan09; CAT12050-03/0715129/May09
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K992684"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- LFR
- Firm FEI
- 3002803444
- Firm city
- Alameda
- Firm state
- CA
- Firm country
- not on file
Where this comes from
- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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