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Urinalysis strips

Official notice

13 Nov 2024

Last checked

13 Nov 2024

Critical riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Urinalysis strips. The urinalysis strips products have shown reduced sensitivity, or potential false negative results for the detection of urinary protein by way of uneven color fading on the total protein test pad. This could lead to a delay in the identification of potential kidney diseases, their evaluation, and/or other conditions associated with elevated protein levels in urine and subsequently a delay in patient treatment. Recall start date: October 10, 2024 Published 2024-11-13.

What to do now

Manufacturer will contact users to stop using and return affected units.

Recall number

76496

Official notice

2024-11-13

The hazard

The urinalysis strips products have shown reduced sensitivity, or potential false negative results for the detection of urinary protein by way of uneven color fading on the total protein test pad. This could lead to a delay in the identification of potential kidney diseases, their evaluation, and/or other conditions associated with elevated protein levels in urine and subsequently a delay in patient treatment. Recall start date: October 10, 2024

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Recall Numbers

76496

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Affected products

Product 1

Affected products - Urinalysis Strips, Lot or serial number - N2311002, Model or catalogue number - URS-11T

Risk / hazard

The urinalysis strips products have shown reduced sensitivity, or potential false negative results for the detection of urinary protein by way of uneven color fading on the total protein test pad. This could lead to a delay in the identification of potential kidney diseases, their evaluation, and/or other conditions associated with elevated protein levels in urine and subsequently a delay in patient treatment. Recall start date: October 10, 2024

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

CA · Canada

Affected area 1

CA · Canada

Company & contacts

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: LG, Urinalysis Strips.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

HOME

Classification

Type II

App estimate

critical

Recall details

Recall number

76496

Classification

Type II

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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