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	<title>iPump, Inc. &#187; FDA Alerts, Recalls, Product Safety</title>
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		<title>An Update About Medtronic&#8217;s Recalled Infusion Sets</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/10/07/an-update-about-medtronics-recalled-infusion-sets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/10/07/an-update-about-medtronics-recalled-infusion-sets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assistance Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDA Alerts, Recalls, Product Safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently contacted by a concerned representative from Medtronic MiniMed.   The representative (whose name I will not use) asked me to pass along the following information for Medtronic pump users who may have recalled infusion sets.  Her post  indicates Medtronic was deeply concerned about the safety of their clients and the company [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sitagliptin (marketed as Januvia and Janumet) May Cause Acute Pancreatitis</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/09/30/sitagliptin-marketed-as-januvia-and-janumet-may-cause-acute-pancreatitis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/09/30/sitagliptin-marketed-as-januvia-and-janumet-may-cause-acute-pancreatitis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FDA Alerts, Recalls, Product Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug warnings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fda warnings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[januvia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[Posted 09/25/2009] FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients of revisions to the prescribing information for Januvia (sitagliptin) and Janumet (sitagliptin/metformin) to include information on reported cases of acute pancreatitis in patients using these products. ]]></description>
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		<title>Dangerous Treatment Protocol for Type 1 Diabetes Will be Stopped</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/08/20/dangerous-treatment-protocol-for-type-1-diabetes-will-be-stopped/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/08/20/dangerous-treatment-protocol-for-type-1-diabetes-will-be-stopped/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diabetes In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDA Alerts, Recalls, Product Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alerts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[treatment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, a national guideline-setting group abruptly withdrew a controversial diabetes standard it adopted in 2006 that called for aggressive control of blood sugar, or glucose. The change came after a large federal study indicated that lowering glucose too quickly or too much in some patients could harm or even kill them.

When I read the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Where You Can Get Cozmo Insulin Pump Supplies</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/08/07/where-you-can-get-cozmo-insulin-pump-supplies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/08/07/where-you-can-get-cozmo-insulin-pump-supplies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diabetes In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDA Alerts, Recalls, Product Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cozmo insulin pumps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smiths medical]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By now all Cozmo insulin pump users should have heard that Smiths Medical is no longer providing pump supplies to Cozmo pumpers.  Here is a list of places where you can still find supplies:
Smiths Medical FAQs for Cozmo Insulin Pump Users

List of United States Distributors of Insulin Pump Supplies Compatible with Cozmo Insulin Pumps
(From Smiths [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hearing on S. 540 Medical Device Safety Act of 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/08/06/hearing-on-s-540-medical-device-safety-act-of-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/08/06/hearing-on-s-540-medical-device-safety-act-of-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diabetes In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDA Alerts, Recalls, Product Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lawsuits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medtronic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following is an excerpt updating  the status of proposed legislation prompted by a lawsuit against Medtronic in which consumers lost.
From:  Medtronic Lead Recall Center
&#8230;&#8221;On August 04, 2009 there was a hearing on S. 540: the Medical Device Safety Act of 2009. This legislation would reverse the 2008 Riegel Supreme Court decision and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Says Medtronic Took 2 Years to Recall Defective Pumps</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/07/10/fda-says-medtronic-took-2-years-to-recall-defective-pumps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/07/10/fda-says-medtronic-took-2-years-to-recall-defective-pumps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FDA Alerts, Recalls, Product Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insulin pumps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medtronic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recalls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[July 11, 2009
The Wall Street Journal
by Jon Kamp
Medtronic Recalls Insulin Devices
The following is an excerpt from one of many articles relating to the recent Medtronic infusion set recall of approximately 3 million sets.
Late last month, the medical-device maker came under fire from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which warned Medtronic about what the agency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Early Communication About the Safety of Lantus (Insulin Glargine)</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/07/08/fda-early-communication-about-the-safety-of-lantus-insulin-glargine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/07/08/fda-early-communication-about-the-safety-of-lantus-insulin-glargine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FDA Alerts, Recalls, Product Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fad advisory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fda alerts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insulin glargine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[FDA is aware of four recently-published observational studies that looked at the use of Lantus (insulin glargine) and possible risk for cancer in patients with diabetes. Three of the four studies suggest an increased risk for cancer associated with use of Lantus.]]></description>
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		<title>Medtronic MiniMed Paradigm Quick-Set Infusion Set Recalls</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/06/30/19/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/06/30/19/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[FDA Alerts, Recalls, Product Safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Medtronic MiniMed Paradigm Quick-Set Infusion Sets



Recall Class:
Class I


Date Recall
Initiated:
June 29, 2009


Product:
Paradigm Quick-Set Infusion Sets, Models MMT-396, MMT-397, MMT-398, and MMT-399 (with lot numbers beginning with “8,” for example 8XXXXXX)The lot number is clearly marked on both the product label, and on each individual infusion set package.
Only “Lot 8” Paradigm Quick-set infusion sets are affected by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smiths No Longer Shipping Insulin Pump Supplies for Cozmo Pumps</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/05/18/smiths-no-longer-shipping-insulin-pump-supplies-for-cozmo-pumps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/05/18/smiths-no-longer-shipping-insulin-pump-supplies-for-cozmo-pumps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 05:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diabetes In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDA Alerts, Recalls, Product Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cozmo insulin pumps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smiths medical]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[15th May, 2009
Posted Press Release on Smiths Medical Website
Dear Valued Customer,
Important Information for Direct Customers
In late March 2009, Smiths Medical announced that it would no longer manufacture the Deltec Cozmo® insulin pump for direct sale and that we would work with you to transfer your purchases of disposable cartridges, infusion sets and accessories to one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Deltec Cozmo Insulin Pump Recall</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/04/25/fda-deltec-cozmo-insulin-pump-recall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/04/25/fda-deltec-cozmo-insulin-pump-recall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FDA Alerts, Recalls, Product Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cozmo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deltec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fda recalls]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From FDA Enforcement Report April 22, 2009:
Deltec Cozmo Insulin Pump, Model 1800. Deltec Cozmo Insulin Pumps are ambulatory electromechanical pumps used for delivering insulin to patients with diabetes. The pump is used mainly by homecare patients but, can also be used in a healthcare facility, Recall # Z-0988-2009;
Deltec Cozmo Insulin Pump, Model 1700 containing 1800 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Smiths Medical No Longer Selling Cozmo Insulin Pumps</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/03/27/smiths-medical-no-longer-selling-cozmo-insulin-pumps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2009/03/27/smiths-medical-no-longer-selling-cozmo-insulin-pumps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diabetes In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDA Alerts, Recalls, Product Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cozmo insulin pumps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smiths medical]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[March 25, 2009
SMITHS MEDICAL ANNOUNCES INTENT TO STOP SELLING DELTEC COZMO® INSULIN PUMPS
Decision Represents First Step in Orderly Exit from the Diabetes Business Over Time
ST. PAUL, Minn. &#8211; 25 March 2009 &#8211; Smiths Medical announced today its intent to stop selling the Deltec Cozmo® insulin pump, and manage an orderly, carefully controlled exit from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Recall &#8211; ReliOn Insulin Syringes 1cc 31g</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2008/10/10/fda-recall-relion-insulin-syringes-1cc-31g/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2008/10/10/fda-recall-relion-insulin-syringes-1cc-31g/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FDA Alerts, Recalls, Product Safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tyco Healthcare Group LP (Covidien), ReliOn Insulin Syringes, 1cc, 31-Gauge

Class 1 Recall




Date Recall
Initiated:

October 9, 2008



Product:

ReliOn Insulin Syringes, 1cc, 31-gauge, 100 units for use with U-100 insulin, Lot Number 813900, Product Code 38396-0403-02
Only ReliOn syringes from this lot number and labeled as 100 units for use with U-100 insulin are subject to this recall.
T his product [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Recall &#8211; Animas Pump Battery Caps</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2008/08/08/fda-recall-animas-pump-battery-caps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2008/08/08/fda-recall-animas-pump-battery-caps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FDA Alerts, Recalls, Product Safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Animas Corporation, Battery Caps Used with the OneTouch Ping System, Animas 2020 Insulin Pump, Animas IR1200 Insulin Pump, and Animas IR1250 Insulin Pump

Class 1 Recall




Date Recall
Initiated:

August 4, 2008



Product:

Battery caps used with the OneTouch Ping System, Animas 2020 Insulin Pump, Animas IR1200 Insulin Pump, and Animas IR1250 Insulin Pump
The battery caps used with the above infusion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BYETTA May Be Causing Pancreatitis and Death</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2007/10/16/byetta-may-be-causing-pancreatitis-and-death/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2007/10/16/byetta-may-be-causing-pancreatitis-and-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FDA Alerts, Recalls, Product Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[byetta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fda alerts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[October 16, 2007
For those who may be using BYETTA (which may be prescribed for PCOS, pre-diabetes, type 2, or LADA) the FDA has issued warnings about patients using BYETTA developing pancreatitis.
Read more on WebMD
Exenatide (marketed as Byetta)
FDA ALERT [10/2007]:  FDA has reviewed 30 postmarketing reports of acute pancreatitis in patients taking Byetta, a drug used [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>A1cNow Not Accurate for Children with Type 1 Diabetes</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2007/07/17/a1cnow-mot-accurate-for-children-with-type-1-diabetes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2007/07/17/a1cnow-mot-accurate-for-children-with-type-1-diabetes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FDA Alerts, Recalls, Product Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a1c test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, January 16, 2007 &#8211; NEW YORK (Reuters Health) &#8211; A portable device called A1cNow, which is designed to provide a long-term picture of blood sugar control, does not provide accurate or consistent results in children with type 1 diabetes, researchers report in the journal Diabetes Care.
Read the article  
]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Alert &#8211; Bayer Ascensia Contour Blood Glucose Monitors</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2007/06/08/39/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2007/06/08/39/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 02:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FDA Alerts, Recalls, Product Safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bayer Ascensia® Contour® Blood Glucose Monitoring System

Class 1 Recall




Date Recall
Initiated:

June 6, 2007



Product:

Bayer Ascensia® Contour® Blood Glucose Monitoring System, Product 7152A. The system consists of a meter, test strips contained in a dry (desiccated) bottle, a bottle of test solution, a lancing device and lancets, and instructions for use.
Serial numbers include: 1475139, 1688643, 1841620, 1852071,2064303, 2064306, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Actos Causes Weight Gain and May Not Improve Blood Sugar in Type 1 Adolescents</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2007/02/02/actos-causes-weight-gain-and-may-not-improve-blood-sugar-in-type-1-adolescents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2007/02/02/actos-causes-weight-gain-and-may-not-improve-blood-sugar-in-type-1-adolescents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters Health
Monday, January 29, 2007
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) &#8211; Adding the diabetes drug Actos to insulin does not improve blood sugar control and may cause weight gain in adolescents who have type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes who show signs of insulin resistance, Canadian researchers report.
Read full article:  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_44491.html
]]></description>
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		<title>FreeStyle Navigator CGMS Not As Accurate As Glucose Meters</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2007/01/26/freestyle-navigator-cgms-not-as-accurate-as-glucose-meters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2007/01/26/freestyle-navigator-cgms-not-as-accurate-as-glucose-meters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters Health
Thursday, January 25, 2007
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) &#8211; The FreeStyle Navigator continuous glucose (blood sugar) monitoring system is not as accurate as the current-generation home glucose meters, research suggests.
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		<title>FDA Updates its Nationwide Alert on Counterfeit One Touch Blood Glucose Test Strips</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2006/12/15/fda-updates-its-nationwide-alert-on-counterfeit-one-touch-blood-glucose-test-strips/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2006/12/15/fda-updates-its-nationwide-alert-on-counterfeit-one-touch-blood-glucose-test-strips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FDA NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
P06-202
December 15, 2006
FDA Updates its Nationwide Alert on Counterfeit One Touch Blood Glucose Test Strips
Actions Constitute a Class I Recall

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing an update to its notifications on October 13, and October 23, 2006, alerting the public to counterfeit blood glucose test strips being sold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Recall:  Counterfeit OneTouch Ultra Test Strips</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2006/10/31/fda-recall-counterfeit-onetouch-ultra-test-strips/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2006/10/31/fda-recall-counterfeit-onetouch-ultra-test-strips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Class 1 Recall


Date Recall
Initiated:
October 2006
November 2006


Product:
OneTouch® Ultra® blood glucose test strips lot numbers:

2691191
2691261

Characteristics

Text on the outer carton and inside container (vial) is printed in multiple languages &#8211; English and French.
Lot Number is located on the outer carton and on the inside container (vial)
Only 50-Count OneTouch® Ultra® Test Strip packages are affected (2 vials of 25 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Press Release &#8211; LifeScan on Fake OneTouch Ultra Test Strips</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2006/10/14/press-release-lifescan-on-fake-onetouch-ultra-test-strips/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2006/10/14/press-release-lifescan-on-fake-onetouch-ultra-test-strips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2006 21:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 13, 2006
If you use, recommend, distribute or sell OneTouch® Brand Test Strips, we want to make you aware that we have recently discovered several incidents of counterfeit OneTouch® Ultra®1, and OneTouch®2 (Basic®/Profile®) Test Strips in the United States.
This issue does not involve OneTouch® FastTake® or OneTouch® SureStep® Test Strips.
Potential Risk to Patients
Performance testing of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Recall &#8211; Disetronic/Roche Diagnostics Accu-Chek™ Ultraflex-1 Infusion Set</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2006/03/31/fda-recall-disetronicroche-diagnostics-accu-chek%e2%84%a2-ultraflex-1-infusion-set/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2006/03/31/fda-recall-disetronicroche-diagnostics-accu-chek%e2%84%a2-ultraflex-1-infusion-set/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disetronic/Roche Diagnostics Accu-Chek™ Ultraflex-1 Infusion Set

Class 1 Recall



Date Recall
Initiated:
March 31, 2006


Product:
Disetronic Accu-Chek™ Ultraflex-1 Infusion Set, Catalog # INF04540786001


Use:
For continuous delivery of short-acting or fast-acting U100 insulin for the treatment of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.


Recalling Firm:
Roche Diagnostics Corporation
9115 Hague Road
Indianapolis, IN 46256-1025


Reason for Recall:
Tubing may fully or partially separate at the luer lock-tubing connection of the pump. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abbott Blood Glucose Meters</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2005/06/08/abbott-blood-glucose-meters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2005/06/08/abbott-blood-glucose-meters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2005 21:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abbott Blood Glucose Meters

Class 1 Recall




Date Recall
Initiated:

June 7, 2005



Product:

Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc. Blood Glucose Meters with the following models and lot numbers:

FreeStyle FLASH Blood Glucose Monitoring System &#8211; All lot numbers beginning with R and all lot numbers T-G158-62981 and below.
Tracker Blood Glucose Monitoring System &#8211; All lot numbers beginning with E.
Xceed Blood Glucose Monitoring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Safety Warning: LifeScan, Inc. Blood Glucose Meters</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2005/04/12/fda-safety-warning-lifescan-inc-blood-glucose-meters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2005/04/12/fda-safety-warning-lifescan-inc-blood-glucose-meters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LifeScan, Inc. Blood Glucose Meters

Class 1 Recall



Date Recall
Initiated

April 11, 2005



Product:

LifeScan blood glucose meters: OneTouch® Ultra®, InDuo® and OneTouch® FastTake®. The products are distributed primarily through retail pharmacy and mail order channels. Distribution of the products is worldwide with 6 million meters being distributed including 2.6 million in the United States (1.8 million registered users).
Shipments of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Driver&#8217;s Medtronic Insulin Pump Blamed for Fatal Crash</title>
		<link>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2005/04/02/drivers-medtronic-insulin-pump-blamed-for-fatal-crash/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ipump.org/blog/2005/04/02/drivers-medtronic-insulin-pump-blamed-for-fatal-crash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2005 04:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Driver&#8217;s Insulin Pump Blamed for Fatal Crash
By Jodine Mayberry
Medical Devices Litigation Reporter
A Warren County, Ky., man was killed in a motor vehicle collision after his insulin pump failed to deliver sufficient medication and he lost consciousness behind the wheel, according to a lawsuit filed in a Kentucky federal court.
Plaintiff Paula Kennedy, the administrator of Jeffrey [...]]]></description>
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