The roche sales representative reported that the guide me blood glucose monitor, belonging to the hospital, caught fire and melted.The caller reported that the meter had original panasonic batteries in it.It was reported that the batteries needed to be replaced due to a low battery, and the hospital used their stock of maxwell batteries.While replacing the batteries the device started to heat up and caught fire.They reported that they sat the meter down on the counter, so that it was not in use at the time of the incident, and no one was injured.
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