Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.: Accu-Chek Performa II Meter - Product Usage: a. The Accu-Chek Aviva Plus Blood Glucose Monitoring System is intended to be used for the quantitative measurement of glucose (sugar) in fresh capillary whole blood samples drawn from the fingertips, forearm, upper arm, or palm. The Accu-Chek Aviva Plus Blood Glucose Monitoring System is intended to be used by a single person and should not be shared. b. The Accu-Chek Aviva Plus Blood Glucose Monitoring System is intended for self-testing outside the body (in vitro diagnostic use) by people with diabetes at home as an aid to monitor the effectiveness of diabetes control. The Accu-Chek Aviva Plus Blood Glucose Monitoring System should not be used for the diagnosis of or screening of diabetes or for neonatal use. Alternative site testing should be done only during steady state times (when glucose is not changing rapidly). c. 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.

Recall number

Z-2766-2019

Recalling firm

Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.

Product

Accu-Chek Performa II Meter - Product Usage: a. The Accu-Chek Aviva Plus Blood Glucose Monitoring System is intended to be used for the quantitative measurement of glucose (sugar) in fresh capillary whole blood samples drawn from the fingertips, forearm, upper arm, or palm. The Accu-Chek Aviva Plus Blood Glucose Monitoring System is intended to be used by a single person and should not be shared. b. The Accu-Chek Aviva Plus Blood Glucose Monitoring System is intended for self-testing outside the body (in vitro diagnostic use) by people with diabetes at home as an aid to monitor the effectiveness of diabetes control. The Accu-Chek Aviva Plus Blood Glucose Monitoring System should not be used for the diagnosis of or screening of diabetes or for neonatal use. Alternative site testing should be done only during steady state times (when glucose is not changing rapidly). c. 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.

Status

Terminated

Initiated

2017-06-12

Posted

2019-09-30

Terminated

2020-10-30

Reason

Meters may contain a damaged C29 capacitor resulting in issues with power allegation (short battery life or meter not turning on).

Root cause

Process change control

Action

In a Quality Notification dated December 19, 2018, the firm informed its distribution centers of the issue. Contact Centers were provided with updated troubleshooting guides for Aviva II and Performa II meters in August 2018 with instructions for phone solving power issues for meters produced between June 2016 and June 2017. The firm has taken corrective actions to address the issue. Customers should contact Accu-Chek Customer Care line at 1-800-358-4866, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:00 am and 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time

Quantity

not on file

Distribution

Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution.

Lot, serial or model codes

Serial numbers less than xxx25525056  Updated serial numbers on 10/12/2019:  Performa II: Between XXX20000000 and XXX25525056  Updated 10/18/2019:  Performa II: from XXX20000000 to XXX25525056

510(k) numbers

["K133862"]

PMA numbers

not on file

Product code

NBW

Firm FEI

3011393376

Firm city

Indianapolis

Firm state

IN

Firm country

not on file

Cite as

FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28

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