They are giving numbers as much as 17% higher than they should even for humans. (For ferrets the human testing devices should best be taken as direction indicator not a trustworthy number.) Some people have written on the lists of using this particular device. http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/safety/2007/safety07.htm#diabetes FDA release (with many countries and multiple sizes of packages involved: http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/bayer12_07.html >Recall -- Firm Press Release >FDA posts press releases and other notices of recalls and market >withdrawals from the firms involved as a service to consumers, the >media, and other interested parties. FDA does not endorse either the >product or the company. > > Test Strip Recall for CONTOUR TS > >Contact: >Bayer Customer Service > 1-800-348-8100 > >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- U.S. -- December 21, 2007 --- >Bayer Diabetes Care has initiated a voluntary market recall of test >strips (sensors) used exclusively with the Contour TS Blood Glucose >Meter. In the course of its routine quality control monitoring >processes the Company identified a manufacturing issue with test strips >from specific lots that could result in blood glucose readings with >a positive bias that is outside of our product specifications. Test >results may demonstrate results 5 -17% higher. > >This issue is unrelated in any way to the Contour TS meter itself and >pertains only to certain test strips used with the meter. Additionally, >this issue has no impact on the performance of strips used with other >Bayer meters including Ascensia Contour and Ascensia Breeze2 systems. > >The affected Contour TS strips were produced during the initial >manufacturing process on new manufacturing equipment designed for >the new Contour TS strips. The root cause of the problem has been >identified, and corrective actions implemented including additional >quality control measures to prevent recurrence. The quality of our >products and the results our customers receive are very important to >Bayer and, as such, we are notifying regulatory authorities, healthcare >professionals and customers in the countries where Contour TS is >marketed -- France, Austria, Turkey, Korea, Mexico and predominantly >through mail order channels in the United States. > >Healthcare providers, retailers, patients and other customers who >use Contour TS are advised to check the lot number on the bottles of >Contour TS strips and to contact Bayer Diabetes Care for information >regarding return and replacement of strips. The lot numbers can be >found on the bottom of the box and on the side of the bottle containing >the strips. The affected lots begin with WK followed by the characters >7D, 7E, 7F or 7G and then followed by a series of other numbers and >letters (for example WK7ED3E52C). Only bottles of test strips with the >characters 7D, 7E, 7F, or 7G in the third and fourth position in the >sequence are affected. Bottles with a lot number including 7J through >7M after WK are not affected and need not be returned. > >Additional information can be found at www.bayerdiabetes.com . >Please call your Bayer customer service phone number (in the U.S., >call 1-800-348-8100) to return any affected bottle of strips and to >get a replacement. > >Affected Product Code Numbers by Country... [See the release to get >further details.] Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 5833]