Aviva-Accuchek strip recall / error message

[Noah & me (GA)]

The wankers at Roche won't come right out and say it's a recall.

"Also, in a very limited number of cases (0.017%) the Accu-Chek Aviva test strip can produce a biased result i.e. a false high or a false low value, which patients might not be able to detect easily and which could lead to erroneous therapy adaptations."

It goes on from there with lot numbers etc. and a lot of corporate jibberish.
@Juliet You're the only other member I can think of that uses this meter.

 

[Jill & Alex (GA)]

"Also, in a very limited number of cases (0.017%) the Accu-Chek Aviva test strip can produce a biased result i.e. a false high or a false low value, which patients might not be able to detect easily and which could lead to erroneous therapy adaptations."

@Noah & me (GA)
Dickson, will you please post the link for where you found this information?
Thank you!

 

[Juliet]

The wankers at Roche won't come right out and say it's a recall.

"Also, in a very limited number of cases (0.017%) the Accu-Chek Aviva test strip can produce a biased result i.e. a false high or a false low value, which patients might not be able to detect easily and which could lead to erroneous therapy adaptations."

It goes on from there with lot numbers etc. and a lot of corporate jibberish.
@Juliet You're the only other member I can think of that uses this meter.

I don't use this meter.

 

[Noah & me (GA)]

Nuts, I knew I forgot something.
The home page for Aviva
https://www.accu-chek.ca/en
The alert
https://www.accu-chek.ca/en/urgent-notification

If you cannot read the numbers. In Windows 7 you can make what appears on your screen larger by pressing Ctrl and + at the same time.
You can reverse this by pressing Ctrl and - at the same time.
This is computer stuff I can't say won't affect your machine the same way.

Why I called Roche "wankers". I was in my pharmacy this morning looking at a pamphlet from Aviva while I wasted 20 minutes. Aviva products are featured prominently there but there was no poster or notice. Roche/Aviva does have a new strip dispenser and my pharmacist could not answer my questions so I just stumbled upon this completely by accident! These are human meters so that could be your child at the wrong end of the strip. Not very good service is it?

 

[Jill & Alex (GA)]

The alert
https://www.accu-chek.ca/en/urgent-notification

The likelihood appears to be small, but it's good to know about the Alert.

I'll temporarily tag your original post with an "Info" prefix to call attention to the alert for those using this meter.
Thank you!

 

[Jill & Alex (GA)]

bump

 

[Melanie and Smokey]

I get strips directly from the maker and haven't seen any with that far out of an expiration yet. I've always retested unusual results (as I hope most do) so hopefully it has a minimal effect on everyone.