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Event 67472

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
February 19, 2014
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class I
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc.

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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device · product 1 of 2

FreeStyle Blood Glucose Monitors System. For in vitro diagnostic use only. Store at room temperature below 86 degrees F (30 degrees C). Use test strips only within the system operating temperature range as outlined in your Owner's Booklet. Meter made in China; Distributed by Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, CA The FreeStyle mete should only be used with FreeStyle Test Strips and FreeStyle Control Solution. Using other brands of test strips and control solutions with the FreeStyle Mete can product inaccurate results. The FreeStyle Glucose meter is incorporated into the OmniPod insulin Management system (manufactured by Insulet Corporation, Bedford, MA and is intended for subcutaneous delivery of insulin. Intended to monitor blood glucose from samples taken from the body. IVD use only,

Z-1211-2014
Recall number
Z-1211-2014
Initiated
February 19, 2014
Classification
Class I
Status
Terminated
Quantity
not provided. Device has not been shipped in the last 5 years.

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Abbott Diabetes Care has identified through internal testing and investigation that all non-applied voltage legacy meters have the potential to produce out of range control solution results and/or erroneously low blood glucose results when used in conjunction with Free Style test strips lots within expiry.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

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Reason for recall

Abbott Diabetes Care has identified through internal testing and investigation that all non-applied voltage legacy meters have the potential to produce out of range control solution results and/or erroneously low blood glucose results when used in conjunction with Free Style test strips lots within expiry.

Code information

Part number CAT11001-0; all serial numbers

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Austria, Canada, Germany, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

device · product 2 of 2

FreeStyle Flash Blood Glucose Monitors System. Meter made in China; Distributed by TheraSense, Alameda, CA The FreeStyle Flash meter should only be used with FreeStyle Test Strips and FreeStyle Control Solution. Using other brands of test strips and control solutions with the FreeStyle Meter can product inaccurate results. Intended to monitor blood glucose from samples taken from the body. IVD use only,

Z-1212-2014
Recall number
Z-1212-2014
Initiated
February 19, 2014
Classification
Class I
Status
Terminated
Quantity
25,203 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Abbott Diabetes Care has identified through internal testing and investigation that all non-applied voltage legacy meters have the potential to produce out of range control solution results and/or erroneously low blood glucose results when used in conjunction with Free Style test strips lots within expiry.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Material/Component Contamination

Compare all device evidence states

Inspect official wording and provenance

Reason for recall

Abbott Diabetes Care has identified through internal testing and investigation that all non-applied voltage legacy meters have the potential to produce out of range control solution results and/or erroneously low blood glucose results when used in conjunction with Free Style test strips lots within expiry.

Code information

Catalog Number 17002 NDC 99073-0170-02. All serial numbers

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and countries of: Austria, Canada, Germany, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.