FDAJuly 1, 2021device

Potassium Hydroxide 10% (KOH 10%), Cat. No. 300145 Potassium Hydroxide 10% (KOH 10%) is intended for use in the demonstration of yeast and fungal elements in wet clinical preparations. Potassium Hydroxide digests the proteinaceous material in the specimen, leaving the fungal cell wall intact for ...

Official recall recorded by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

The hazard

A lot of KOH 10% was made with Hydrogen Peroxide 3% instead of KOH 10%.

What to do

FDA enforcement status: Terminated

Brands named

gibson biosciencegibson

UPCs

10634853000633

Recall history

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