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FDA Alert for Abbott Glucose Meters NewsMax.com Wires If you use a blood glucose meter from Abbott you had better check the setting. The FDA and Abbott Diabetes Care are alerting doctors and patients about a possible problem with blood glucose meters made by Abbott Diabetes Care. Abbott Diabetes Care, a branch of the company Abbott, isn't recalling the meters and patients may continue to safely use them, but they should check the unit-of-measurement display each time. If the meters are improerly set, can misinterpret readings and mistreat their diabetes. The meters are sold under several specific names in the U.S.: Story Continues Below
Private-label brands include ReliOn Ultima, Rite Aid, and Kroger blood glucose meters. Affected models sold outside the U.S. include: Test strips aren't affected, says Abbott. The meters are designed to report blood glucose levels in two different measurements: the U.S. standard, milligrams per deciliter or mg/dL - and the foreign standard, millimoles per liter or mmol/L. Users in the U.S. should make sure their meter reading is displayed as mg/dL, according to the FDA. If you are unsure about the setting, check the owner's manual, call Abbott Diabetes Care at (800) 553-4105, or check the Abbott web site at abbottdiabetescare.com. If you think you may have been using the wrong read-out on your meter for a long time and are now worried about your health, contact your doctor, advises the FDA. Doctors or patients who have experienced a problem with any of the affected glucose meters should report those problems to the FDA's MedWatch program and to Abbott Diabetes Care. The FDA's MedWatch program can be reached by phone at (800) FDA-1088 (800-332-1088) or http://www.fda.gov/medwatch.
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