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The customer reported receiving a medline evencare proview glucose meter that was giving an error message during use; there was no reported death or serious injury associated with this event.Medline received the meter in used condition with working batteries and tested it using control evencare proview test strips and control solutions; the meter turned on and the blood icon appeared, but an "er4" message was displayed during testing for a total of three times, and visual inspection confirmed the presence of an adequate amount of control solution.The complaint was confirmed by medline; the vendor reported that, through internal investigation including dhr review and inspection records review, no abnormalities were found and the complaint could not be confirmed.No root cause was identified in the provided investigation, and medline concluded that the meter did not work as intended; no trends were identified for the specified material number and corresponding defect type.There were no reports of death, serious injury, medical intervention, or follow up care.It has been determined that the reported event could cause or contribute to serious injury if it were to occur again.In an abundance of caution, this is a reportable event.If additional information becomes available this report will be reopened and reevaluated.This medical device report (mdr) is being submitted as part of retrospective review activities, which include review of historical data in accordance with regulations at 21 cfr part 803.The information included in this mdr reflects the information reasonably known to the manufacturer at the time of this retrospective review and submission.
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