ReliOn Premier Blood Glucose Test StripsRecalls & reported problems across all models

We found 2 models of ReliOn Premier Blood Glucose Test Strips by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. in the FDA's device registry (GUDID). Together they are named in 37 adverse event reports in the FDA's MAUDE database, received between Nov 14, 2018 and Feb 21, 2024 — classified as 27 injuries, 10 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “High Readings” (19 reports).

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Most reported ReliOn Premier Blood Glucose Test Strips problems

ReliOn Premier Blood Glucose Test Strips models

2 models, most reported first. Each model has its own page with its reports, recalls and device details.

• ReliOn™ Premier Blood Glucose Test Strips 780050 / 780100

  Glucose Oxidase, Glucose
  29 reports
• ReliOn™ Premier Blood Glucose Test Strips 780025

  Glucose Oxidase, Glucose
  8 reports

Recent ReliOn Premier Blood Glucose Test Strips adverse event reports

The 15 most recent reports across all models, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryFeb 21, 2024High Readings; High Readings

  F069321K6470. LOT UL12BBEHE - 2024-08-11 - 100CT. THE PATIENT IS RECEIVING HIGH READINGS. THE PATIENT HAS HAD METER FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS AND HAS JUST RECENTLY HAD AN ISSUE WITH IT. THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF THE READINGS, AND THEY DID A BLOOD DRAW. THE PATIENT HAS NOT DONE A CONTROL SOLUTION TEST AND WALMART DID NOT OFFER CONTROL SOLUTION AND CALLER WAS NOT AWARE. THE CALLER IS CONTACTING US ON BEHALF OF THE PATIENT. THE PATIENT KEEPS STRIPS IN THE ORIGINAL BOTTLE. THE PATIENT KEEPS METER AND TEST STRIPS IN BEDROOM AWAY FROM HUMIDITY AND DIRECT SUNLIGHT. THE LAST FIVE READINGS ARE 301, 427 AT 6 AM, 245 LAST NIGHT, 354 DURING DAY YESTERDAY, AND 422 YESTERDAY SOMETIME. THIS METER DOES NOT RECORD THE DATE AND TIMES OF THE EXACT READINGS, SO I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THEM. THE PATIENT IS NOT ON OXYGEN THERAPY. THE PATIENT KEEPS STRIPS IN THE ORIGINAL BOTTLE AND THE LID CLOSED AT ALL TIMES. THE PATIENT HAS NO DIFFICULTY GETTING A BLOOD SAMPLE. THE PATIENT CHANGES LANCETS EVERYDAY BUT NOT ALWAYS BEFORE EACH TEST. THE PATIENT TESTS ON FINGERTIPS ONLY AND USES AN ALCOHOL WIPE BEFORE EACH TEST. THE PATIENT USES THE SECOND DROP OF BLOOD. TODAY THE READING WAS IN THE 400'S

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18754862 ↗
• InjuryFeb 14, 2024High Readings; High Readings

  (B)(6). LOT UL12BBEHE - 2024-08-11 - (B)(4). THE PATIENT IS RECEIVING HIGH READINGS. THE PATIENT HAS HAD METER FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS AND HAS JUST RECENTLY HAD AN ISSUE WITH IT. THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF THE READINGS, AND THEY DID A BLOOD DRAW. THE PATIENT HAS NOT DONE A CONTROL SOLUTION TEST AND WALMART DID NOT OFFER CONTROL SOLUTION AND CALLER WAS NOT AWARE. THE CALLER IS CONTACTING US ON BEHALF OF THE PATIENT. THE PATIENT KEEPS STRIPS IN THE ORIGINAL BOTTLE. THE PATIENT KEEPS METER AND TEST STRIPS IN BEDROOM AWAY FROM HUMIDITY AND DIRECT SUNLIGHT. THE LAST FIVE READINGS ARE 301, 427 AT 6 AM, 245 LAST NIGHT, 354 DURING DAY YESTERDAY, AND 422 YESTERDAY SOMETIME. THIS METER DOES NOT RECORD THE DATE AND TIMES OF THE EXACT READINGS, SO I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THEM. THE PATIENT IS NOT ON OXYGEN THERAPY. THE PATIENT KEEPS STRIPS IN THE ORIGINAL BOTTLE AND THE LID CLOSED AT ALL TIMES. THE PATIENT HAS NO DIFFICULTY GETTING A BLOOD SAMPLE. THE PATIENT CHANGES LANCETS EVERYDAY BUT NOT ALWAYS BEFORE EACH TEST. THE PATIENT TESTS ON FINGERTIPS ONLY AND USES AN ALCOHOL WIPE BEFORE EACH TEST. THE PATIENT USES THE SECOND DROP OF BLOOD. TODAY THE READING WAS IN THE 400'S AND

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18704740 ↗
• MalfunctionFeb 14, 2024High Readings; High Readings

  (B)(6). LOT WL11BBAJA - 2025-08-01 - 100CT. CALLER HAS A DEXCOM, AND THE CLASSIC METER IS READING HIGH COMPARED TO THE DEXCOM AND HER TRU METRIX METER THAT SHE HAS. CALLER RECEIVED A READING ON CLASSIC ON (B)(6) 2024 AT 12:53 PM AND THE READING WAS 359, AND SHE RECEIVED A READING ON TRU METRIX ON (B)(6) 2024 AT 12:55 PM AND IT WAS 71. CUSTOMER DID NOT REPORT ANY ADVERSE EVENT ISSUES FROM THESE READINGS. CALLER DID NOT GIVE ANY RESULT EXAMPLES FROM THE DEXCOM. THE COMPARED READINGS OF 359 AND 71 ARE OUTSIDE ZONES A & B AND THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED A MALFUNCTION AND REPORTABLE. REPLACED METER, STRIPS, SENT CONTROL SOLUTION AND SENT RETURN LABEL.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 18700731 ↗
• InjuryJan 9, 2024High Readings; High Readings

  (B)(6). LOT EB4031102 - 2025-05-02 - (B)(4). THE CUSTOMER REPORTED RECEIVING VARIABLE READINGS. THE CUSTOMER TESTED LAST NIGHT, AND THE FIRST TEST WAS HIGH, AND THE SECOND TEST ONE HOUR LATER WAS LOW. HE DID NOT TAKE ANY INSULIN. CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2023, HIS BLOOD SUGAR READ HIGH AT 440. HE TOOK THE AMOUNT OF INSULIN THAT WAS RECOMMENDED, (B)(4) OF GLARGINE AND (B)(4) OF NOVOLOG, HIS WIFE WAS WITH HIM AND HEARD HIM MOANING. HE ROLLED OUT OF BED ON THE FLOOR. HIS WIFE CALLED THE PARAMEDICS. HE WAS PASSED OUT WHEN THEY ARRIVED. THE CUSTOMER PASSED OUT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. THE PARAMEDICS CHECKED HIS GLUCOSE, AND IT WAS 39. THEY TREATED HIM WITH MEDS, BUT HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT THEY GAVE. THEY TREATED HIM AT HOME. HE WOKE UP AND TOLD THEM HE DID NOT WANT TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. BEFORE THEY LEFT, THEY TOOK HIS BLOOD SUGAR, AND IT WAS 140. HE SAID THEY CHECKED IT THREE OR FOUR TIMES AS IT WAS GRADUALLY GETTING BETTER. IT WENT FROM 80 TO 140. HE SAID HE DOESN'T KNOW IF THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE METER OR HIM. HE ALSO MENTIONED HE TOOK A BLOOD TEST LAST NIGHT AND THAT RESULT WAS 364. HE DID NOT TAKE INSULIN. TWO HOURS LATER, WITHOUT TAKING INSULIN OR MEDICATION, HE STOOD UP AND HE FEL

  Patient problems: Syncope/Fainting

  MAUDE report 18472652 ↗
• InjuryJan 4, 2024High Readings; High Readings

  (B)(6). LOT EB4031102 - (B)(6) 2025 - 50CT. THE CUSTOMER REPORTED RECEIVING VARIABLE READINGS. THE CUSTOMER TESTED LAST NIGHT, AND THE FIRST TEST WAS HIGH, AND THE SECOND TEST ONE HOUR LATER WAS LOW. HE DID NOT TAKE ANY INSULIN. CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT ON 11/29/2023, HIS BLOOD SUGAR READ HIGH AT 440. HE TOOK THE AMOUNT OF INSULIN THAT WAS RECOMMENDED, 10 UNITS OF GLARGINE AND 10 UNITS OF NOVOLOG, HIS WIFE WAS WITH HIM AND HEARD HIM MOANING. HE ROLLED OUT OF BED ON THE FLOOR. HIS WIFE CALLED THE PARAMEDICS. HE WAS PASSED OUT WHEN THEY ARRIVED. THE CUSTOMER PASSED OUT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. THE PARAMEDICS CHECKED HIS GLUCOSE, AND IT WAS 39. THEY TREATED HIM WITH MEDS, BUT HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT THEY GAVE. THEY TREATED HIM AT HOME. HE WOKE UP AND TOLD THEM HE DID NOT WANT TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. BEFORE THEY LEFT, THEY TOOK HIS BLOOD SUGAR, AND IT WAS 140. HE SAID THEY CHECKED IT THREE OR FOUR TIMES AS IT WAS GRADUALLY GETTING BETTER. IT WENT FROM 80 TO 140. HE SAID HE DOESN'T KNOW IF THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE METER OR HIM. HE ALSO MENTIONED HE TOOK A BLOOD TEST LAST NIGHT AND THAT RESULT WAS 364. HE DID NOT TAKE INSULIN. TWO HOURS LATER, WITHOUT TAKING INSULIN OR MEDICATION, HE STOOD UP AND HE F

  Patient problems: Syncope/Fainting

  MAUDE report 18443001 ↗
• InjuryJul 5, 2023High Readings; High Readings

  CALLER STATED THAT METER HAD BEEN GIVING INCORRECT READINGS AND NOTED THAT THE READINGS APPEARED TO BE OF A NORMAL LEVEL, SO THE PATIENT CONTINUED WITH HIS NORMAL ROUTINE. ON THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT, THE PATIENT WAS EXHIBITING SYMPTOMS OF LOW BLOOD SUGAR, SO 911 WAS CALLED. BECAUSE HE WAS LOW, HE ATE SOME SWEET FOODS BEFORE THE PARAMEDICS ARRIVED TO GET HIS BLOOD SUGAR BACK UP. THE PARAMEDICS CHECKED HIS LEVELS WITH A BLOOD GLUCOSE TEST, AND THEY RECEIVED A READING OF 79 WITH THEIR METER, BUT THE CLASSIC METER READ 115. CHECKED GLUCOSE READINGS AGAIN IN THE AMBULANCE AND THEY GAVE HIM A GLUCOSE DRINK TO GET HIS BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL BACK UP. THE AMBULANCE TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER TREATMENT. THEY DID LAB WORK AT THE HOSPITAL. HE ENDED UP VOMITING AT THE HOSPITAL AND RECEIVED FURTHER TREATMENT UNTIL HE WAS STABLE ENOUGH TO GO HOME. REPLACED METER, STRIPS, SENT CONTROL SOLUTION AND RETURN LABEL.

  Patient problems: Chills; Diaphoresis; Headache; Hypoglycemia; Vomiting

  MAUDE report 17263045 ↗
• InjuryJul 3, 2023High Readings; High Readings

  CVP10V00397. METER WAS PURCHASED IN (B)(6) 2022. LOT UN28BBRHF - (B)(6) 2024 - 100CT. CALLER STATED THAT METER HAD BEEN GIVING INCORRECT READINGS AND NOTED THAT THE READINGS APPEARED TO BE OF A NORMAL LEVEL, SO THE PATIENT CONTINUED WITH HIS NORMAL ROUTINE. ON THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT, THE PATIENT WAS EXHIBITING SYMPTOMS OF LOW BLOOD SUGAR, SO 911 WAS CALLED. BECAUSE HE WAS LOW, HE ATE SOME SWEET FOODS BEFORE THE PARAMEDICS ARRIVED TO GET HIS BLOOD SUGAR BACK UP. THE PARAMEDICS CHECKED HIS LEVELS WITH A BLOOD GLUCOSE TEST, AND THEY RECEIVED A READING OF 79 WITH THEIR METER, BUT THE CLASSIC METER READ 115. CHECKED GLUCOSE READINGS AGAIN IN THE AMBULANCE AND THEY GAVE HIM A GLUCOSE DRINK TO GET HIS BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL BACK UP. THE AMBULANCE TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER TREATMENT. THEY DID LAB WORK AT THE HOSPITAL. HE ENDED UP VOMITING AT THE HOSPITAL AND RECEIVED FURTHER TREATMENT UNTIL HE WAS STABLE ENOUGH TO GO HOME. REPLACED METER, STRIPS, SENT CONTROL SOLUTION AND RETURN LABEL.

  Patient problems: Chills; Diaphoresis; Headache; Hypoglycemia; Vomiting

  MAUDE report 17246126 ↗
• InjuryJun 5, 2023Unable to Obtain Readings; High Readings; Unable to Obtain Readings; High Readings

  CUSTOMER CALLED BECAUSE YESTERDAY SHE HAD A DIABETIC SEIZURE. SHE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL, AND THEY SAID THE METER SHE HAS IS READING TOO HIGH. HER PROVIDER STATED IT CAUSED HER TO HAVE A DIABETIC SEIZURE. SHE SAID THAT THE METER WAS READING HIGH, BUT HER BLOOD GLUCOSE WAS ACTUALLY LOW. SHE EXPLAINED SHE TOOK A READING AT NIGHT AROUND 9:09 PM ON THE CLASSIC METER AND RECEIVED 138. SHE DOSED HERSELF WITH INSULIN BASED ON THE READING OF 138. SHE WENT TO SLEEP. SHE DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY SYMPTOMS AT THE TIME. THE NEXT MORNING, SHE WOKE UP AND THEN CHECKED HER BLOOD SUGAR AT 8:00 AM AND SHE DID NOT RECEIVE A READING, THE METER SCREEN ONLY DISPLAYED THREE DASHES ON THE SCREEN. SHE THEN STARTED TO HAVE A SEIZURE THEN BECAME INCOHERENT. HER MOTHER THEN ATTEMPTED TO ASSIST HER DAUGHTER BY PERFORMING A BLOOD TEST USING THE RELION PREMIER CLASSIC METER BUT COULDN'T RECEIVE A READING. SHE CONTACTED THE PARAMEDICS. AFTER THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED, THEY CHECKED HER BLOOD SUGAR USING THEIR METER AND THEY RECEIVED A READING OF 29. THE PARAMEDICS TREATED HER WITH GLUCAGON AND TWO GLUCOSE GEL PACKS. REPLACED METER, STRIPS, SENT CONTROL SOLUTION AND RETURN LABEL.

  Patient problems: Convulsion/Seizure; Hypoglycemia

  MAUDE report 17058337 ↗
• InjuryJun 1, 2023High Readings; High Readings

  EVENT DATE: (B)(6)2023. AWARE DATE: (B)(6)2023. METER IS ABOUT ONE YEAR OLD. CALLER FEELS THAT THE METER IS GIVING HIGH READINGS. CUSTOMER STATED SHE TESTED AT HOME WITH THE PREMIER CLASSIC METER AND RECEIVED A READING OF 356. SHE WASN'T SURE IF THIS WAS CORRECT, AND SHE FELT "WEIRD", SO HER SISTER TOOK HER TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, AND THEY TESTED HER WITH THEIR METER AND RECEIVED A READING OF 190. CUSTOMER REPORTED THE FOLLOWING READINGS IN HER METER MEMORY. 222 - (B)(6)2023 AT 1:01 PM; 258 - (B)(6)2023 AT 12:47 PM; 269 - (B)(6)2023 AT 10:21 PM. CALLER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE DATE AND TIME ARE OFF ON THE METER. CUSTOMER COULD NOT FIND THE READING OF 356 IN HER METER MEMORY DURING THE CALL. CUSTOMER DID NOT TREAT HERSELF BASED ON THE READING 356 AND WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS CORRECT, SO THAT IS WHY HER SISTER TOOK HER TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. THE ONLY TREATMENT THE EMERGENCY ROOM PROVIDED HER WITH WAS THAT THEY GAVE HER FLUIDS AND DISCHARGED HER. CUSTOMER STATES THAT WHEN SHE GOT HOME FROM THE ER, ABOUT 3-5 MINUTES' DRIVE TIME LATER, SHE TESTED AGAIN WITH HER METER AND 352, AND THIS IS ALSO UNVERIFIABLE DUE TO THE DATE AND TIME BEING OFF IN THE METER AND CUSTOMER NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND IT IN

  Patient problems: Malaise

  MAUDE report 17044810 ↗
• InjuryMay 24, 2023Unable to Obtain Readings; High Readings; Unable to Obtain Readings; High Readings

  CUSTOMER CALLED BECAUSE YESTERDAY SHE HAD A DIABETIC SEIZURE. SHE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL, AND THEY SAID THE METER SHE HAS IS READING TOO HIGH. HER PROVIDER STATED IT CAUSED HER TO HAVE A DIABETIC SEIZURE. SHE SAID THAT THE METER WAS READING HIGH, BUT HER BLOOD GLUCOSE WAS ACTUALLY LOW. SHE EXPLAINED SHE TOOK A READING AT NIGHT AROUND 9:09 PM ON THE CLASSIC METER AND RECEIVED 138. SHE DOSED HERSELF WITH INSULIN BASED ON THE READING OF 138. SHE WENT TO SLEEP. SHE DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY SYMPTOMS AT THE TIME. THE NEXT MORNING, SHE WOKE UP AND THEN CHECKED HER BLOOD SUGAR AT 8:00 AM AND SHE DID NOT RECEIVE A READING, THE METER SCREEN ONLY DISPLAYED THREE DASHES ON THE SCREEN. SHE THEN STARTED TO HAVE A SEIZURE THEN BECAME INCOHERENT. HER MOTHER THEN ATTEMPTED TO ASSIST HER DAUGHTER BY PERFORMING A BLOOD TEST USING THE RELION PREMIER CLASSIC METER BUT COULDN'T RECEIVE A READING. SHE CONTACTED THE PARAMEDICS. AFTER THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED, THEY CHECKED HER BLOOD SUGAR USING THEIR METER AND THEY RECEIVED A READING OF 29. THE PARAMEDICS TREATED HER WITH GLUCAGON AND TWO GLUCOSE GEL PACKS. REPLACED METER, STRIPS, SENT CONTROL SOLUTION AND RETURN LABEL.

  Patient problems: Convulsion/Seizure; Hypoglycemia

  MAUDE report 16991706 ↗
• InjuryMay 22, 2023High Readings; High Readings

  EVENT DATE: (B)(6) 2023. AWARE DATE: (B)(6) 2023. METER IS ABOUT ONE YEAR OLD. CALLER FEELS THAT THE METER IS GIVING HIGH READINGS. CUSTOMER STATED SHE TESTED AT HOME WITH THE PREMIER CLASSIC METER AND RECEIVED A READING OF 356. SHE WASN'T SURE IF THIS WAS CORRECT, AND SHE FELT "WEIRD", SO HER SISTER TOOK HER TO THE ER, AND THEY TESTED HER WITH THEIR METER AND RECEIVED A READING OF 190. CUSTOMER REPORTED THE FOLLOWING READINGS IN HER METER MEMORY. 222 - (B)(6) 2023 AT 1:01 PM; 258 - (B)(6) 2023 AT 12:47 PM; 269 - 4/4/2023 AT 10:21 PM. CALLER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE DATE AND TIME ARE OFF ON THE METER. CUSTOMER COULD NOT FIND THE READING OF 356 IN HER METER MEMORY DURING THE CALL. CUSTOMER DID NOT TREAT HERSELF BASED ON THE READING 356 AND WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS CORRECT, SO THAT IS WHY HER SISTER TOOK HER TO THE ER. THE ONLY TREATMENT THE ER PROVIDED HER WITH WAS THAT THEY GAVE HER FLUIDS AND DISCHARGED HER. CUSTOMER STATES THAT WHEN SHE GOT HOME FROM THE ER, ABOUT 3-5 MINUTES' DRIVE TIME LATER, SHE TESTED AGAIN WITH HER METER AND 352, AND THIS IS ALSO UNVERIFIABLE DUE TO THE DATE AND TIME BEING OFF IN THE METER AND CUSTOMER NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND IT IN THE METER MEMORY. CUSTOMER DOESN'

  Patient problems: Malaise

  MAUDE report 16974508 ↗
• InjuryApr 13, 2023High Readings; High Readings

  METER IS BRAND NEW. CALLER STATED THEY RECEIVED A READING OF 107 AND THE PARAMEDICS RECEIVED A READING OF 25. CALLER STATED WITHIN THE LAST MONTH, RODNEY (PATIENT) HAS BEEN HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLES RECENTLY WITH HIS BLOOD SUGAR AND DIABETES. WHEN SHE TESTED HIM, THE METER READ 107, WHICH SHE STATED IS A PRETTY GOOD READING, SO SHE DIDN'T THINK HE HAD LOW BLOOD SUGAR, BUT THEN HE STARTED GETTING REALLY COMBATIVE, SO SHE CALLED THE PARAMEDICS, AND WHEN THEY GOT THERE, SHE TOLD THEM THE METER READ 107, BUT WHEN THEY TESTED HIM WITH THEIR METER, IT READ 25, INDICATING HE WAS INDEED HAVING LOW BLOOD SUGAR. CALLER STATED THAT PATIENT OFTEN RUNS HIGH ON THEIR BLOOD GLUCOSE. CALLER WAS UNSURE IF THE PATIENT ATE OR DRANK ANYTHING BEFORE THE INCIDENT AND SHE STATED HE PROBABLY DRANK SOMETHING, BUT HE DIDN'T EAT ANYTHING. CALLER STATED SHE DID NOT TREAT THE PATIENT BASED ON THE READING OF 107 RECEIVED ON THE PREMIER VOICE METER BECAUSE SHE DID NOT WANT TO GIVE HIM ANYTHING BECAUSE SHE WASN'T SURE WHAT HIS BLOOD GLUCOSE ACTUALLY WAS. THAT IS WHEN SHE CALLED THE PARAMEDICS. CALLER STATED THE PATIENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL IN KEARNEY, NE. CALLER STATED INCIDENT HAPPENED EARLY

  Patient problems: Dizziness; Hypoglycemia

  MAUDE report 16730154 ↗
• InjuryApr 11, 2023High Readings; High Readings

  METER IS BRAND NEW. CALLER STATED THEY RECEIVED A READING OF 107 AND THE PARAMEDICS RECEIVED A READING OF 25. CALLER STATED WITHIN THE LAST MONTH, RODNEY (PATIENT) HAS BEEN HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLES RECENTLY WITH HIS BLOOD SUGAR AND DIABETES. WHEN SHE TESTED HIM, THE METER READ 107, WHICH SHE STATED IS A PRETTY GOOD READING, SO SHE DIDN'T THINK HE HAD LOW BLOOD SUGAR, BUT THEN HE STARTED GETTING REALLY COMBATIVE, SO SHE CALLED THE PARAMEDICS, AND WHEN THEY GOT THERE, SHE TOLD THEM THE METER READ 107, BUT WHEN THEY TESTED HIM WITH THEIR METER, IT READ 25, INDICATING HE WAS INDEED HAVING LOW BLOOD SUGAR. CALLER STATED THAT PATIENT OFTEN RUNS HIGH ON THEIR BLOOD GLUCOSE. CALLER WAS UNSURE IF THE PATIENT ATE OR DRANK ANYTHING BEFORE THE INCIDENT AND SHE STATED HE PROBABLY DRANK SOMETHING, BUT HE DIDN'T EAT ANYTHING. CALLER STATED SHE DID NOT TREAT THE PATIENT BASED ON THE READING OF 107 RECEIVED ON THE PREMIER VOICE METER BECAUSE SHE DID NOT WANT TO GIVE HIM ANYTHING BECAUSE SHE WASN'T SURE WHAT HIS BLOOD GLUCOSE ACTUALLY WAS. THAT IS WHEN SHE CALLED THE PARAMEDICS. CALLER STATED THE PATIENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO GOOD (B)(6) HOSPITAL IN (B)(6) CALLER STATED INCIDENT HAPPENED EARLY THIS MOR

  Patient problems: Hypoglycemia

  MAUDE report 16712592 ↗
• MalfunctionNov 23, 2022Low Readings; Low Readings

  CUSTOMER COMPARES READINGS FROM THE DEXCOM AND THE RELION PREMIER CLASSIC METER EVERY TIME, SO WHEN THE READINGS WERE SO OFF, SHE KNEW THAT THE CLASSIC METER WAS NOT READING CORRECTLY BECAUSE SHE KNOWS HOW SHE FEELS WHEN SHE HAS LOW BLOOD GLUCOSE. SHE IS NO LONGER GOING TO COMPARE READINGS UNTIL SHE RECEIVES THE NEW METER. SHE STARTED HAVING THIS ISSUE SUNDAY MORNING, (B)(6) 2022. STRIPS WERE OPENED ON (B)(6) 2022. STORED IN THE CASE IN HER KITCHEN/DINING ROOM AND IT IS COOL AND DRY. IN ONE INSTANCE HER DEXCOM SHOWED 99 AND CLASSIC SHOWED LO. CALLER WENT AND HAD LUNCH AT 11:51 AM AND DEXCOM SHOWED 114 AND CLASSIC SHOWED 23. AT SUPPER, AT 3:49 PM, DEXCOM GAVE READING OF 300 AND CLASSIC SHOWED A READING OF 35. AT 9:11 PM, DEXCOM GAVE A READING OF 92 AND CLASSIC SHOWED 22. ON (B)(6) 2022, AT 5:14 AM, DEXCOM GAVE A READING OF 135 AND CLASSIC SHOWED 26. ALL THESE COMPARISONS ARE OUTSIDE OF ZONES A & B IN PARKES GRID. SHE IS USING DIFFERENT BLOOD SAMPLES FOR EACH TEST. REPLACED METER, STRIPS AND SENT RL.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 15850557 ↗
• InjuryNov 1, 2022High Readings; High Readings

  CUSTOMER CALLED BECAUSE HE'S HAD THE METER FOR TWO MONTHS AND THE METER READS 40-50 POINTS OFF, READING TOO HIGH. HE USES IT SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. HE SAID THAT HE WOULD READ HIGH WITH THE CLASSIC, THEN TAKE INSULIN, BUT HIS SUGAR WOULD DROP, AND IT WOULD BE LOW. CUSTOMER STATED HE WOULD HAVE SYMPTOMS OF LOW BLOOD SUGAR, SUCH AS DIZZINESS AND LACK OF COORDINATION. HE SAID FOR EXAMPLE, BUT THESE AREN'T THE ACTUAL NUMBERS, THAT HIS READING WOULD BE 110 WITH THE CLASSIC, BUT THEN HIS ACTUAL BLOOD GLUCOSE WOULD BE 60 WHEN TESTING WITH ANOTHER METER. CUSTOMER STORES METER AND STRIPS IN UTILITY DRAWER IN THE KITCHEN. CUSTOMER DOESN'T HAVE TROUBLE GETTING SAMPLE OF BLOOD. CUSTOMER CHANGES LANCETS EVERY TIME HE TESTS. TYPE 1 DIABETIC. CUSTOMER WASHES HANDS WITH SOAP AND WATER AND ALLOWS HANDS TO DRY THOROUGHLY. CUSTOMER CHANGES LANCETS MOST OF THE TIME UNLESS HE'S IN A HURRY. CUSTOMER HAS NOT CONTACTED THE PARAMEDICS, NOR DID HE GO TO THE ER. HE ADJUSTED HIS GLUCOSE WITH SUGARY DRINKS AND FOOD. WALKED CUSTOMER THROUGH THE MEMORY AND HAD READINGS OF 56 ON (B)(6) 2022 AT 6:21 PM; 65 ON (B)(6) 2022 AT 5:52 PM; 72 ON (B)(6) 2022 AT 5:41 PM; 301 ON (B)(6) 2022 AT 2:48 AM; 46 ON (B)(6) 2022 AT 6:5

  Patient problems: Hypoglycemia

  MAUDE report 15712793 ↗

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