Abbott Glucose Test Strip Recall: 359 Test Strip Lots (Full List)

FDA Diabetes Test Strip Recall: Abbott Glucose Test Strip Recall (Full List): Recall Of 359 Test Strip Lots

The Food And Drug Administration and Abbott are recall 359 lots of Glucose Test Strip because the may not be working properly.

A statement on the FDA website says "The lot numbers under recall may give falsely low blood glucose results. The recall is related to the test strips' inability to absorb enough blood for monitoring. Strips exposed to warm weather or prolonged storage may be more likely to provide a false result."

The actual test monitoring systems are not being recalled

Abbott Glucose Test Recall (Full List)

• Medisense Optium
• Optium
• OptiumEZ
• Prescision Xtra
• ReliOn Ultima
• Precision Xceed Pro

These strips are used with the following blood glucose monitoring systems:

• MediSense Optium
• Optium
• OptiumEZ
• Precision Xtra
• ReliOn Ultima
• Precision Xceed Pro

Abbott Glucose Test Strip Recall (Contact Information)

Customers can check if they have tests trips from the recalled lots by visiting Abbott’s website to look up their product lot number: http://www.precisionoptiuminfo.com.

Or customers can also call the following numbers for more information:

• Customers with Precision Xtra, Medisense Optium, Optium, OpiumEZ, ReliOn and Precision Xceed Pro test strips can call Abbott Diabetes Customer Care Service at 1-800-448-5234 for English and 1-800-709-7010 for Spanish.
• Precision Xceed Pro test strip customers can call 1-877-529-7185.

The lot numbers appear on the bottom of the test strip box and on each individually foil-wrapped test strip packet. Abbott Diabetes Care’s website www.precisionoptiuminfo.com provides of box this information.