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Health product recall

CLINITEK ATLAS AUTOMATED URINE CHEMISTRY SYSTEM- CONTROL STRIPS (2016-01-26)

Starting date:
January 26, 2016
Posting date:
February 8, 2016
Type of communication:
Medical Device Recall
Subcategory:
Medical Device
Hazard classification:
Type III
Source of recall:
Health Canada
Issue:
Medical Devices
Audience:
General Public, Healthcare Professionals, Hospitals
Identification number:
RA-57014

Affected Products 

A. CLINITEK ATLAS AUTOMATED URINE CHEMISTRY SYSTEM-POSITIVE CONTROL STRIPS

B. CLINITEK ATLAS AUTOMATED URINE CHEMISTRY SYSTEM-NEGATIVE CONTROL STRIPS

Reason

There is a potential issue when entering the CLINITEK Atlas Control lot information into the CLINITEK Novus analyzer for the bottle lot numbers P0001105, P0003115, N0006115. This is due to a missing alpha character at the end of the lot number on the control bottles, for example: lot P0001105 instead of P0001105X.

Affected products

A. CLINITEK ATLAS AUTOMATED URINE CHEMISTRY SYSTEM-POSITIVE CONTROL STRIPS

Lot or serial number
  • P0001105
  • P0003115
Model or catalog number

10311124

Companies
Manufacturer

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.

511 Benedict Ave

Tarrytown

10591

New York

UNITED STATES



B. CLINITEK ATLAS AUTOMATED URINE CHEMISTRY SYSTEM-NEGATIVE CONTROL STRIPS

Lot or serial number

N0006115

Model or catalog number

10311135

Companies
Manufacturer

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.

511 Benedict Ave

Tarrytown

10591

New York

UNITED STATES