Dan Howarth, Head of Care at Diabetes UK said: We continue to encourage people to report any issues involving medical devices to MHRA via our Yellow Card Scheme. If people have any questions about their blood glucose readings when using these test strips and meters they should speak with their doctor or pharmacist. It is important people check their test strips and if necessary seek alternatives as soon as possible. John Wilkinson, MHRA’s Director of Medical Devices said: (Please note the FSN only applies to the pack of Performa 10 test strips contained within the kit) Affected products ACCU-CHEK AVIVA STRIPS (50s)Īccu-Chek Inform II strips (professional use only) It is also advised anyone with concerns about their blood glucose readings should discuss this with a healthcare professional. If anyone finds they have test strips from the affected lots, they are advised to seek alternative testing methods and return affected lots to their pharmacy or shop where they will be offered a replacement. It is estimated that more than 260,000 packs have been affected. More information can be found in this field safety notice. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ( MHRA) are urging users to check the lot numbers of their test strips against the lot numbers listed in the table below. The test strips, commonly used by diabetics for blood glucose testing, may give increased strip error messages prior to dosing with blood and in some cases may give falsely high or low readings which may be hard to detect.
RECALL ON ACCU CHEK TEST STRIPS PROFESSIONAL
People with diabetes are advised to stop using and return specific lots of Accu-Chek Aviva and Accu-Chek Performa test strips following a recent recall by the manufacturer.Īccu-Chek Inform II test strips have also been recalled but are supplied in the UK by Roche for professional use only.
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