Good friends of StripSafely, Amy Tenderich and Catherine Price have outstanding posts on FDA’s new glucose meter draft guidance. In a comment at Diabetes Mine I played along with with Amy saying: Thanks Amy Can I play with your chord / music metaphor? In all fairness I think FDA has been trying to sing the
Research Highlights the Need to Ensure Accuracy And Patient Choice of Diabetes Testing Supplies Inaccurate Blood Glucose Meters Cause Safety Concerns; Government’s Competitive Bidding Program Limits Access For Release: January 21, 2014 Two new surveys conducted by the American Association of Diabetes Educators demonstrate once again the need for the healthcare, insurance, and diabetes educator
Proposed new guidance is out today from FDA on blood glucose meter systems (BGMS). There are two documents. One for patent users and one for use in clinical settings such as hospitals. I am still reading them but I thought other may wish to do so too. Much consideration of cleaning and disinfection of devices,
From: http://www.niprodiagnostics.com/downloads/pdfs/Press_Release_01022014_FINAL.pdf Nipro Diagnostics, Inc. Initiates Voluntary Recall of Certain TRUEbalance and TRUEtrack Blood Glucose Meters Fort Lauderdale, FL – January 2, 2014 – Nipro Diagnostics, Inc. today announced it is initiating a voluntary recall and replacement of a limited number of TRUEbalanceTM and TRUEtrack® Blood Glucose Meters distributed both in the United States and outside