Roche Accu-Chek
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Blood glucose test strip maker is revising Advantage II strip instructions and training materials to draw attention to the fact that maltose is listed as an interfering substance. An MHRA alert April 16 in the UK cautions there is a risk of overestimation of blood glucose results when the strips, used with Roche's Advantage and Inform meters, are used on patients taking treatments containing maltose. MHRA cites three incidents over the past five years where glucose results were overestimated, masking potential hypoglycemia...