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Glucose Oxidase, Glucose

Adverse-event figures are drawn from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database, refreshed March 2026, see our methodology.

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openFDA event book Glucose Oxidase, Glucose LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#244 of 1000 · 7,578 reports · 1997–2026

  • BOOK 7,578 reports
  • RANK #244 of 1000
  • DEATH 14 death-typed
  • INJ 592 injury-typed
  • MALF 6,895 malfunction
  • SPAN 1997–2026
  • PEAK 2023: 1,141
  • PHOTO Hysteroscope

Nearest event-volume peer: Hysteroscope (And Accessories) (17 report gap)

Glucose Oxidase, Glucose sits #244 of 1000 among tracked device types with 7,578 MAUDE reports spanning 1997–2026. Rank counts report volume, not confirmed device fault. Event_type Death / Injury / Malfunction are one code per report — not the same population as patient-outcome rows ( methodology). Read with this device → · Lead manufacturer → · Similar-volume device →

Event-type mix vs corpus

Shares of FDA event_type codes on this device type, compared with the mean across 1,000 device types that have ≥100 MAUDE reports. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.

  • DEATH 0.2% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.3 pp)
  • INJ 7.8% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-22.6 pp)
  • MALF 91.0% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+26.5 pp)

Lead product-problem code Computer Software Problem is 30% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer LIFESCAN, INC. accounts for 44% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 48% of location-tagged rows .

Glucose Oxidase, Glucose in the event-volume neighbourhood

FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers

reports

What this shows Glucose Oxidase, Glucose carries 7,578 MAUDE reports, ranked #244 of 1000.

Source FDA MAUDE via openFDA, aggregated by PlainHospital As of August 2026

Event Types

Malfunction 6,895 (91.0%)
Injury 592 (7.8%)
Other 49 (0.6%)
28 (0.4%)
Death 14 (0.2%)

Patient Outcomes

FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.

3,818 (48.9%)
Other 3,140 (40.2%)
Hospitalization 319 (4.1%)
R 181 (2.3%)
Required Intervention 173 (2.2%)
Life Threatening 112 (1.4%)
L 32 (0.4%)
Death 16 (0.2%)
O 8 (0.1%)
H 7 (0.1%)
S 2 (0.0%)
Disability 2 (0.0%)
Congenital Anomaly 1 (0.0%)

Top Product Problems

Computer Software Problem 662
Incorrect, Inadequate or Imprecise Result or Readings 418
Wireless Communication Problem 340
Electrical /Electronic Property Problem 287
High Test Results 108
Low Test Results 85
Erratic Results 49
Non Reproducible Results 43
Appropriate Term/Code Not Available 36
High Readings 24
Communication or Transmission Problem 23
Incorrect Or Inadequate Test Results 23
Failure to Power Up 17
Low Readings 14
Material Integrity Problem 11
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 10
No Apparent Adverse Event 10
Battery Problem 8
Insufficient Information 8
Failure to Sense 7

Yearly Trend

97
1997: 8
98
1998: 948
99
1999: 950
00
2000: 910
01
2001: 150
02
2002: 146
03
2003: 84
04
2004: 158
05
2005: 422
06
2006: 211
07
2007: 29
08
2008: 37
09
2009: 75
10
2010: 172
11
2011: 424
12
2012: 233
13
2013: 172
14
2014: 122
15
2015: 155
16
2016: 36
17
2017: 92
18
2018: 69
19
2019: 116
20
2020: 68
21
2021: 48
22
2022: 272
23
2023: 1,141
24
2024: 266
25
2025: 59
26
2026: 5

Related Entities for Glucose Oxidase, Glucose

Top Manufacturers

LIFESCAN, INC. 2,429
MEDTRONIC MINIMED 1,025
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS 571
ROCHE DIABETES CARE, INC. 455
LIFESCAN INC. 434
BECKMAN COULTER INC. 243
NIPRO DIAGNOSTICS, INC. 221
ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS 182

Event Locations

3,608 (47.6%)
NOT APPLICABLE 2,144 (28.3%)
HOME 1,189 (15.7%)
I 409 (5.4%)
OTHER 62 (0.8%)
HOSPITAL 53 (0.7%)
NO INFORMATION 48 (0.6%)
LABORATORY 22 (0.3%)
U 18 (0.2%)
NURSING HOME 15 (0.2%)
AMBULATORY HEALTH CARE FACILITY 3 (0.0%)
OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FACILITY 3 (0.0%)
UNKNOWN 3 (0.0%)
CLINIC - WALK IN, OTHER 1 (0.0%)

Compare LIFESCAN, INC. vs MEDTRONIC MINIMED →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Glucose Oxidase, Glucose, both floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass.

Similar report volume

Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (7,578 here).

Hysteroscope 7,561 Defibrillator, Implantable, Dual-Chamber 7,651 Catheter, Embolectomy 7,486 Device, Microtiter Diluting/Dispensing 7,707

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (14 here), distinct from the volume row.

Catheter And Tip, Suction 14 Display, Cathode-Ray Tube, Medical 14 Endoscopic Tissue Approximation Device 14 Programmer, Pacemaker 14

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Glucose Oxidase, Glucose are informational only and are not clinical advice. Report codes do not prove device causation. Consult a qualified clinician before acting on this data.

Every figure on PlainHospital is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Event-type mix on this page is computed from FDA MAUDE codes for Glucose Oxidase, Glucose; corpus means use device types with ≥100 reports. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.