From https://www.abbottdiabetescare.com/press-room/2013/2013-h.html: November 27, 2013 ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Nov. 27, 2013 — Abbott today announced it is initiating a voluntary recall of 20 lots of FreeStyle® and FreeStyle Lite® Blood Glucose Test Strips in the United States. These lots of test strips may produce erroneously low blood glucose results when used with both “FreeStyle®
Look what came in the email. Wouldn’t mobile diabetes apps that used a common data format and talked to ACCURATE meters be Groovy? — JOIN UPCOMING TWITTER CHAT — For Immediate Release FDA Twitter Chat on Mobile Medical Apps #FDA has info to share about mobile medical apps! Join us for a Twitter chat: 3:30 PM EST
‘Violent Agreement’ on Need for Monitoring Meter & Strip Accuracy. http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/09/violent-agreement-on-need-for-m…
The diabetes community needs champions like the Diabetes Technology Society, who held an important meeting in Bethesda, Maryland on September 9, 2013 titled: “Verifying the Performance of Blood Glucose Monitors Following FDA Clearance”. THE IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY: The DTS has announced they will develop an independent post-market surveillance testing program to ensure that blood glucose monitors and
Here is video clip of our two cents at the Diabetes Technology Society meeting:
This piece in the New Your Times paints a troubling picture of gaming the system of Walmart overseas factory inspections. I would love to know who makes more of an effort to inspect overseas factories Walmart or FDA. No question the processes of FDA and Walmart are different. Still this articles does raise questions
On Wednesday, August 21st beginning at 8pm Eastern, we are staging a StripSafely Tweet-In, asking Congress to send aides to the upcoming Diabetes Technology Meeting on September 9th, where the testing accuracy problem will be discussed. Please join us and add your voice. We’ve made it easy. Simply go to the Let’s Tweet page of Stripsafely.com, find your
On Wednesday, August 21st beginning at 8pm Eastern, we are staging a StripSafely Tweet-In, asking Congress to send aides to the upcoming Diabetes Technology Meeting on September 9th. Please join us and add your voice. We’ve made it easy. Simply go to the Let’s Tweet page of Stripsafely.com, find your state and click the link listed next to your
From our friends in New Zealand:
Bill Woods of Glu interviewed Bennet Dunlap about strip accuracy and the Strip Safely campaign- take a look! Are you familiar with Glu? If you aren’t: Glu is part of the T1D Exchange, a nonprofit organization with a mission to improve the lives of people touched by T1D by facilitating better care and accelerating new