Diabetics warned about failing insulin pump
Diabetics are being warned by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) that their insulin therapy could be compromised by a faulty pump.
The ambulatory insulin infusion pump, Accu-Chek Spirit, has a design fault that can cause the up and down buttons to fail.
Patients are being advised to check the serial number on the back of their ambulatory pump and anyone with a number up to and including 10006093 should contact Roche Diagnostics, which manufactures the pumps.
Clive Bray, MHRA director of device technology and safety, said: "The MHRA has issued a Medical Device Alert today to healthcare professionals including pharmacists and specialist diabetic health workers to warn them of this problem."
Anyone experiencing a fault can also report it one the MHRA website.
Patients with type-1 diabetes typically inject themselves two or four times a day with insulin to achieve normal blood sugar levels.
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