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Z-0682-2025Class I

StatStrip Glucose Ketone Hospital Meter System. Model/Catalog Number: 63683. Prescription use blood glucose...

Nova Biomedical Corporation / initiated 2024-11-20 / Open, Classified / root cause: software

Nova Biomedical Corporation began a recall of StatStrip Glucose Ketone Hospital Meter System. Model/Catalog Number: 63683. Prescription use blood glucose ketone meter for near-patient testing on . FDA classified it as Class I and gives the reason as "A software bug within the meter firmware leads to transmission of erroneous glucose and/or ketone patient test results to a healthcare institution's data management system (DMS) at healthcare sites using WiFi if a user...". As of , the recall status on record is Open, Classified, and MDM tags the root cause as software.

Recall record

Recall number
Z-0682-2025
Classification
Class I
Status
Open, Classified
Initiated
Posted
Recalling firm
Nova Biomedical Corporation
Product
StatStrip Glucose Ketone Hospital Meter System. Model/Catalog Number: 63683. Prescription use blood glucose ketone meter for near-patient testing
Product code
N/A
Reason for recall
A software bug within the meter firmware leads to transmission of erroneous glucose and/or ketone patient test results to a healthcare institution's data management system (DMS) at healthcare sites using WiFi if a user navigates to the Review Results screen while the meter is in the process of transmitting the current test result to the DMS.
Root cause tag
software
FDA root cause
Software design
Action
Nova Biomedical notified consignees via letter on 11/20/2024. Consignees were instructed that all current Nova StatStrip customers that have gone Live with their new meters recently received a meter software update (v.0.0.13.45 or above) from Nova Biomedical to eliminate the potential risk described above. All remaining customers that have been shipped StatStrip meters impacted by this field correction, will have their meter software updated by Nova Biomedical or local dealer prior to going "Live" with their new meters.
Quantity in commerce
347 units
Distribution
Distribution US Nationwide including Puerto Rico, Germany, Italy, Israel, Switzerland, Australia, Great Britain, and the Netherlands.
Product codes and lots
Model No 63683. UDI-DI (01)38548063685. Software versions: v0.0.13.10 to v0.0.13.44.

Enforcement reports

One row per recalled product line
FDA enforcement reports joined to recall event Z-0682-2025
Recall numberClassStatusVoluntary or mandatedReport dateClassified
Z-0681-2025Class IOngoingVoluntary: Firm initiated
Z-0682-2025Class IOngoingVoluntary: Firm initiated
Z-0683-2025Class IOngoingVoluntary: Firm initiated