Reported Nov 6, 2013 · Terminated

HemoCue¿ Urine Albumin Microcuvettes, 25 Microcuvettes HemoCue AB Angelholm, Sweden The quantitative, rapid,…

HemoCue AB

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: HemoCue AB · Kuvettgaten 1 · Angelholm, N/A · N/A

Is this the product you have?

  • HemoCue¿ Urine Albumin Microcuvettes, 25 Microcuvettes HemoCue AB Angelholm, Sweden The quantitative, rapid, turbidimetric immunoassay of albumin in human urine using a specially designed analyzer, the HemoCue Albumin 201 Analyzer. The system can be used for the quantitative determination of low levels of albumin in urine for the purpose of screening for, diagnosing, monitoring and to supplement the clinical evidence in the treatment of microalbuminuria. The system is designed for testing using spot samples or timed collections. A quantitative result is obtained within 90 seconds. HemoCue Urine Albumin Microcuvettes are for in vitro diagnostic use only. The HemoCue Albumin 201 Analyzer is only to be used with HemoCue Urine Albumin Microcuvettes
Lot codes and dates

12 of 12 products

Products covered by this recall
Model / numberBarcodesProduct as published
110608
Lot Number: 1210865, 1210873, 1211878, 1301893, 1302810, 1303836, 1304838, 1304840 and 1304842.
110610
Lot Number: 1209857, 1210870, 1211874, 1211879, 1212885, 1301803, 1301893, 1302817 and 1302818.
110611
13028141302815Lot Number: 1208848, 1208853, 1208854, 1209855, 1209856, 1209858, 1209860, 1209862, 1210863, 1210865, 1210869, 1210871, 1210872, 1210873, 1211875, 1211876, 1211877, 1211880, 1211881, 1212884, 1212887, 1301802, 1301804, 1301805, 1301806, 1302811, 1302812, 1302813, 13028141302815, 1302816, 1302821, 1303823, 1303825, 1303834, 1304837, 1304839, 1304841, 1304843, 1304844, 1304845, 1304846 and 1304847.
110613
Lot Number: 1303825
110615
Lot Number: 1209858, 1211878
110616
Lot Number: 1208849, 1208850, 1208851, 1210864, 1210866, 1210867, 1210868, 1210869, 1212883, 1212886, 1212888, 1212889, 1301807, 1301808, 1302809, 1303827, 1303829, 1303830, 1303831, 1303832 and 1303833.
Amount recalled
10,356 boxes/50 microcuvettes

This recall covers 2 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other one is below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

HemoCue AB has become aware of a production related problem involving punctured HemoCue¿ Urine Albumin Microcuvettes single pack pouches.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Apr 28, 2014 · Data as of Sep 19, 4:47 PM UTC

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