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ALERT: Abbott Diabetes Care blood glucose test strips (Optium-H) (29 March 2008)

Abbott Diabetes Care has requested 33 affected UK hospitals to quarantine one batch of blood glucose test strips (Optium-H, lot 53929) used by healthcare professionals in conjunction with the Optium Xceed and Optium meters.

Some strips in lot 53929 can give falsely low results in the hyperglycaemic range, which could result in cases of high blood sugar being missed for some patients with diabetes.

Abbott is contacting all users by telephone and e-mail to ensure that affected strips are quarantined.

No other batches of Optium-H blood glucose test strips are known to be affected.

Further information on 0500 467466.