Abbott glucose sensors for diabetes patients linked to 7 deaths and hundreds of injuries

Diabetics who rely on glucose monitors are alarmed by recall linked to 7 deaths

A manufacturing problem in millions of Abbott glucose sensors for diabetes patients has been tied to at least seven deaths and hundreds of injuries worldwide.

Abbott glucose sensors for diabetes patients linked to 7 deaths and hundreds of injuries

Michael Ford was not in good health, but his Type 2 diabetes was manageable. His son, Davonte Ford, was his full-time caregiver — bathing Michael, administering his medications and dutifully responding to the dips and peaks in Michael’s blood sugar. When father and son woke one November morning in their Oakland, California, home to a low blood sugar alert from Michael’s FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensor, part of a top-tier glucose monitoring system …