{"id":38252,"date":"2010-12-23T09:38:35","date_gmt":"2010-12-23T14:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=38252"},"modified":"2010-12-23T10:24:19","modified_gmt":"2010-12-23T15:24:19","slug":"recall-defective-glucose-test-strips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/recall-defective-glucose-test-strips\/","title":{"rendered":"RECALL: Defective Glucose Test Strips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Glucose Test Strips\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/recall-defective-glucose-test-strips\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-38253\" title=\"blood-glucose-test-strips\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/blood-glucose-test-strips.jpg\" alt=\"Opitum Test Strips\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>The Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that 359 million <a title=\"Blood Glucose Meter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/didget-is-a-new-blood-glucose-meter-for-nintendo-ds\/\" target=\"_self\">blood glucose test<\/a> strips are being recalled for giving faulty readings. The government agency is working with Abbott Diabetes Care to facilitate pulling the defective strips from the market, which may make blood <a title=\"Glucose Revolution\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Glucose_Revolution\/\" target=\"_self\">glucose<\/a> levels look lower than they really are. The faulty strips were sold in retail stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and were manufactured between January and May of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The affected glucose test strips are sold under a variety of brand names: MediSense Optium, Precision Xceed Pro, Precision Xtra, Optium, Optium EZ, and ReliOn Ultima blood glucose monitoring systems.<\/p>\n<p>The incorrect readings \u201ccan lead users to try to raise their blood glucose when it is unnecessary or to fail to treat elevated blood glucose due to a falsely low reading,\u201d says the FDA, \u201cboth scenarios pose health risks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Anyone who wants to find out if they have products that need to be returned is invited to call Abbott Diabetes Care at 800-448-5234 for English speakers and at 800-709-7010 for Spanish speakers. The strips will be replaced at no cost to customers.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a title=\"Recall of Defective Glucose Test Strips\" href=\"http:\/\/diabetes.webmd.com\/news\/20101222\/recall-of-defective-glucose-test-strips?src=RSS_PUBLIC\" target=\"_blank\">WebMD<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"7 Nutrition Tips Diabetics Need to Know\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/7-nutrition-tips-diabetics-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_self\">7 Nutrition Tips Diabetics Need to Know<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Didget is a New Blood Glucose Meter fo Nintendo DS\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/didget-is-a-new-blood-glucose-meter-for-nintendo-ds\/\" target=\"_self\">Didget is a New Blood Glucose Meter for Nintendo DS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that 359 million blood glucose test strips are being recalled for giving faulty readings. The government agency is working with Abbott Diabetes Care to facilitate pulling the defective strips from the market, which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/recall-defective-glucose-test-strips\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[1172,1989,408],"class_list":["post-38252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diabetes","tag-blood-sugar","tag-glucose","tag-recall"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38252"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38258,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38252\/revisions\/38258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}