Abbott is voluntarily conducting a recall for the FreeStyle® Blood Glucose Meter and the FreeStyle Flash® Blood Glucose Meter. These two meters have not been in production since 2010. Other Abbott Diabetes Care meters are not affected by the recall

When used with the Abbott FreeStyle test strips, the FreeStyle Blood Glucose Meter and the FreeStyle Flash Blood Glucose Meter may produce mistakenly low blood glucose results. Abbott began notifying users on Feb. 19, 2014, immediately after the issue was discovered.

Abbott recommends the following actions for people with meters affected by this recall:

This voluntary recall does not apply to any other Freestyle brand blood glucose monitoring systems – Freestyle Lite®, Freestyle Freedom Lite® or Freestyle InsuLinx® systems can continue to be used with the Freestyle test strips.

For users of the OmniPod® Insulin Management System with the built-in FreeStyle Blood Glucose Meter, please refer to the previously sent letter for Abbott recommended actions or visit https://www.abbottdiabetescare.com/press-room/2014/2014-b.html.

For more information, please visit www.abbottdiabetescare.com/press-room.

About Abbott Diabetes Care

Abbott Diabetes Care, based in Alameda, Calif., is a leader in developing, manufacturing and marketing glucose monitoring systems designed to help people better manage their diabetes. Additional information about Abbott Diabetes Care may be found at www.abbottdiabetescare.com.

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare company devoted to improving life through the development of products and technologies that span the breadth of healthcare. With a portfolio of leading, science-based offerings in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic pharmaceuticals, Abbott serves people in more than 150 countries and employs approximately 69,000 people.

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