LifeScan brand OneTouch Ultra Test Strip used in LifeScan Blood Glucose Meter; Part Number 020-244-07; Distributed and Manufactured by: LifeScan, Inc., 1000 Gibraltar Drive, Milpitas, CA 95037
- Company
- Lifescan Inc
- Recall Initiated
- November 17, 2003
- Posted
- June 14, 2005
- Terminated
- September 20, 2005
- Recall Number
- Z-0887-05
- Quantity
- 8,718 boxes (containing 435,900 test strips)
- Firm Location
- Milpitas, CA
Reason for Recall
A Control Solution range for the OneTouch Ultra Test Strip of 111-150 mg/dL was incorrectly labeled as 97-131 mg/dL.
Distribution
Product was released for distribution to 30 consignees nationwide. The firm provided the following distribution information: 6 wholesaler dealers, 20 distributors, 3 retailers and one (1) consumers/users involved in the recall. Note: This customer received a shipment of 2 Test Strip boxes (2 boxes x 50 strips/box = 100 test strips) as 'free goods' and was most likely for an LifeScan employee in the field. The lot was released from LifeScan's facility in Puerto Rico on May 1, 2003 and received at LifeScan's warehouse in Milpitas, CA on May 16, 2003. From the Milpitas warehouse, this lot was transferred to LifeScan's warehouse in Mechanicsburg, PA where it was received on June 16, 2003. The affected lot was distributed out of the Mechanicsburg, PA warehouse only. The recall product was distributed in the U.S. only, to the following states: AL, DE, FL, IL, IN, MA, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, OH, PA, TN, TX, VA and WV. (A second lot was also mislabeled with the incorrect Control Solution range. This lot was manufactured outside of the US and distributed exclusively in Italy.) The total number of government sales/distribution centers that received the recall product = 0.
Lot / Code Info
OneTouch Ultra Test Strip Lot: 1022859; [A second lot (# 1022865) was also mislabeled with the incorrect Control Solution range. This lot was distributed outside of the US, exclusively in Italy.]
Root Cause
Other
Action Taken
On 11/17/03 the firm initiated the recall and their notification was via letters informing its customers of the removal.