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An alarm issue was reported with the abbott diabetes care (adc) device in use with samsung se phone with android operating system version 12.The low glucose alarms did not sound and the customer was not alerted of changes in glucose level.As a result, the customer experienced "hot flush, paleness, fatigue and a loss of consciousness".The customer was seen at a hospital where they were treated with sugar by a healthcare professional with a diagnosis of hypoglycemia.There was no report of death or permanent impairment associated with this event.
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An alarm issue was reported with the abbott diabetes care (adc) device in use with samsung se phone with android operating system version 12 and app version 2.11.2.11107.The low glucose alarms did not sound and the customer was not alerted of changes in glucose level.As a result, the customer experienced "hot flush, paleness, fatigue and a loss of consciousness.The customer was seen at a hospital where they were treated with sugar by a healthcare professional with a diagnosis of hypoglycemia.There was no report of death or permanent impairment associated with this event.
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Repeated attempts by adc to retrieve the product were unsuccessful and/or the customer discarded the product.The most probable root causes associated with this failure mode are disconnected, faulty or damaged components, software/data corruption, or misuse.However, mitigations are in place to reduce and prevent such issues.All vital manufacturing steps are validated, monitored, and verified during manufacturing to ensure the system is in conformance with the verified design.All vital functions are monitored by the system and, when necessary, function is suspended to safeguard against inaccurate results.Labeling is provided to instruct the user on the intended use of all vital parts of the system to minimize misuse.The most probable root causes associated with this failure mode are software/data corruption or misuse.However, mitigations are in place to reduce and prevent such issues.All vital functions are monitored by the system and, when necessary, function is suspended to safeguard against inaccurate results.Labeling is provided to instruct the user on the intended use of all vital parts of the system to minimize misuse.All complaints and complaint trends are investigated to determine if there is a product defect/ deficiency.If a product defect/ deficiency is identified, a risk evaluation is completed and compared to the risk management report, to ensure the risk profile has not changed.Additionally, as a part of abbott¿s post-market surveillance process, all risk evaluations with associated complaint data are reviewed annually to determine if the risk profiles have changed as compared to the product risk management reports.These monitoring processes ensure that all product risk profiles remain acceptable and have a positive benefit/ risk ratio.At this time product has not yet been returned and a valid serial number has not been provided.An extended investigation has been performed for the reported complaint and there was no indication that the product did not meet specification.The available tripped trend reports were reviewed for libre sensor and perception code for the last year.The review identified a tripped trend for this perception code.This tripped trend was addressed in the tracking, trending review meeting, and investigated.The investigation concluded that the tripped trend was not correlated with product nonconformance.There was no indication that the sensor or app is deficient or a deficiency in the system resulted in the trend.Trends are regularly monitored and investigated when exceeding established thresholds to evaluate for causes associated with the product.The customer reported missing low alarm.The reported issue was investigated.The reported configuration was not compatible with the customer's reported application.The latest revision of the compatibility guide was available to the customer on the abbott diabetes care website.If product is returned, a physical investigation will be performed per adc's established processes and procedures and a report will be submitted upon completion of investigation.All pertinent information available to abbott diabetes care has been submitted.
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