Events

Recall of ICHEM VELOCITY URINE CHEMISTRY STRIPS

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by IRIS DIAGNOSTICS A DIVISION OF IRIS INTERNATIONAL INC..

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    62097
  • Event Risk Class
    III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2015-02-18
  • Event Country
    Canada
  • Event Source
    HC
  • Notes / Alerts
    Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Canada.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Iris international has become aware of a manufacturing error where the bilirubin and urobilinogen pad locations were switched. this only affects a subset of vials numbered 15649 to 16773 within lot number 7212046a.

Device

ICHEM VELOCITY URINE CHEMISTRY STRIPS

Manufacturer

IRIS DIAGNOSTICS A DIVISION OF IRIS INTERNATIONAL INC.