US warns about fake diabetic blood test strips
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US warns about fake diabetic blood test strips
October 13, 2006 02:01:33 PM PST
U.S. health officials warned diabetics on Friday not to use counterfeit
blood sugar test strips that were distributed nationwide and could
provide inaccurate results.
The test strips are being sold for use with various models of LifeScan
Inc. One Touch brand blood glucose monitors, the Food and Drug
Administration said. LifeScan is a unit of Johnson & Johnson.
"The counterfeit test strips potentially could give incorrect blood
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