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Urgent Safety Notice – Roche Pharmaceuticals Recalling Some Testing Strips

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This was posted this afternoon on the DUK Forum

Urgent Safety Notice – Roche Pharmaceuticals Recalling Some Testing Strips

Roche Pharmaceuticals have issued an urgent field safety notice regarding a small number of Accu-Chek Aviva and Accu-Chek Performa test strips.

Some of the faulty strips have been giving an error message that might suggest a fault with your meter. A small number have also been giving a biased result, which could result in misdosing insulin.

Roche have recommended that anyone using these test strips check the lot number against the list below. The lot number can be found on the carton packaging, as well as on the label of the test strip container.

The affected lots are:

ACCU-CHEK AVIVA STRIPS (50s)

  • 497392

  • 497391

  • 496915

  • 496809

  • 496802

  • 496807
ACCU-CHEK AVIVA STRIPS (10s)

  • 497344

  • 497392
ACCU-CHEK PERFORMA STRIPS (10s)

  • 476597

  • 476646
Accu-Chek Performa Nano mmol Kit. [Please note that the FSN only applies to the pack of

Performa 10 test strips contained within the kit]

  • 10153116

  • 10153114

  • 10153115

  • 10153112

  • 10153111
If you are using test strips from an affected lot, Roche advice to stop using them immediately, and return them to your pharmacy, where they will be replaced.

If you have further concerns please contact the Roche Accu-Chek Customer Careline on 0800 701 000 or visit

http://www.accu-chek.co.uk/

[[Edited as I gave the wrong name to the "Other" forum. ]]
 
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bamba said:
This was posted this afternoon on the DCUK Forum

Urgent Safety Notice – Roche Pharmaceuticals Recalling Some Testing Strips

Roche Pharmaceuticals have issued an urgent field safety notice regarding a small number of Accu-Chek Aviva and Accu-Chek Performa test strips.

Some of the faulty strips have been giving an error message that might suggest a fault with your meter. A small number have also been giving a biased result, which could result in misdosing insulin.

Roche have recommended that anyone using these test strips check the lot number against the list below. The lot number can be found on the carton packaging, as well as on the label of the test strip container.

The affected lots are:

ACCU-CHEK AVIVA STRIPS (50s)

  • 497392

  • 497391

  • 496915

  • 496809

  • 496802

  • 496807
ACCU-CHEK AVIVA STRIPS (10s)

  • 497344

  • 497392
ACCU-CHEK PERFORMA STRIPS (10s)

  • 476597

  • 476646
Accu-Chek Performa Nano mmol Kit. [Please note that the FSN only applies to the pack of

Performa 10 test strips contained within the kit]

  • 10153116

  • 10153114

  • 10153115

  • 10153112

  • 10153111
If you are using test strips from an affected lot, Roche advice to stop using them immediately, and return them to your pharmacy, where they will be replaced.

If you have further concerns please contact the Roche Accu-Chek Customer Careline on 0800 701 000 or visit

http://www.accu-chek.co.uk/
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That is really useful. Thanks. Will check those when I pick up Aviva strips on Friday.
 
... as a result some people are experiencing a shortage of supplies.
Someone posted a thread here today (sorry can't find it) saying they had trouble getting strips and were told there may not be any available until the end of this month.
So it may be a good idea to get a prescription top up sooner rather than later in case they run out.
 
bamba said:
This was posted this afternoon on the DCUK Forum

Urgent Safety Notice – Roche Pharmaceuticals Recalling Some Testing Strips

Roche Pharmaceuticals have issued an urgent field safety notice regarding a small number of Accu-Chek Aviva and Accu-Chek Performa test strips.

Some of the faulty strips have been giving an error message that might suggest a fault with your meter. A small number have also been giving a biased result, which could result in misdosing insulin.

Roche have recommended that anyone using these test strips check the lot number against the list below. The lot number can be found on the carton packaging, as well as on the label of the test strip container.

The affected lots are:

ACCU-CHEK AVIVA STRIPS (50s)

  • 497392

  • 497391

  • 496915

  • 496809

  • 496802

  • 496807
ACCU-CHEK AVIVA STRIPS (10s)

  • 497344

  • 497392
ACCU-CHEK PERFORMA STRIPS (10s)

  • 476597

  • 476646
Accu-Chek Performa Nano mmol Kit. [Please note that the FSN only applies to the pack of

Performa 10 test strips contained within the kit]

  • 10153116

  • 10153114

  • 10153115

  • 10153112

  • 10153111
If you are using test strips from an affected lot, Roche advice to stop using them immediately, and return them to your pharmacy, where they will be replaced.

If you have further concerns please contact the Roche Accu-Chek Customer Careline on 0800 701 000 or visit

http://www.accu-chek.co.uk/
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Bamba - This is the DCUK site. The other one is Diabetes UK.

I'll attach the Field Safety Notice here, which includes information on where to find the batch numbers, if required.
 

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We wouldn't usually leave duplicate threads, but will leave both these for now unless they cause problems.
 
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