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Recalled · 2009

Sterichek (TM) Residual Peroxide Reagent Strps

K974798510(k) TraditionalCleared Mar 20, 199888-day reviewClass II21 CFR 876.5820Recalls 1

Data to Oct 25, 2026 (FDA decisions) Oct 12, 2026 (recalls) Sep 30, 2026 (MAUDE) refreshed weekly, last Nov 3, 2026

Environmental Test Systems, Inc. · LIF Dialyzer Reprocessing System

Cleared on Mar 20, 1998 after an 88-day review. The FDA summary names its predicate without a number. It has been recalled once.

Decided
Mar 20, 1998
Review
88 days
Class
Class II
Product code
LIF
Recalls
1
Predicates
0

The FDA summary names its predicate without a number.

FIG. 1 — Lineage of K974798Source: FDA 510(k) database · How lineage is built

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What was it cleared against? (1)

Devices the submitter claimed this one is substantially equivalent to (*), and reference devices cited for a specific test or feature (†), as written in the FDA summary.

TypeNumberDeviceApplicantDecidedRecalls
*—Serim™ Peroxide Reagent Strips
Named without a submission number
—

What descends from it?

No later submission names this one as a predicate yet.

Has anything in its family been recalled? (0 Class I)

Recalls of this device

DateClassRecallRoot causeReason
Apr 21, 2009Not classifiedZ-2016-2009Labeling mix-upsSome of the reagent strip bottles contain the incorrect strips

No ancestor or descendant has a Class I recall.

How does its category compare?

All LIF devices

LIF Dialyzer Reprocessing System: FDA decisions, review times, recalls and adverse event reports over 20 years.

FDA decisions per year · LIF

1in 2010

2010: 1
2007high 1 (2010) · low 0 (2007)2026

2026 to Oct 25, outlined.

Median 510(k) review, days · LIF

Too few LIF 510(k)s in any year since 2007 to give a median.

Recalls per year · LIF

1in 2009

2009: 1
2007high 1 (2009) · low 0 (2007)2026

Class I (0 since 2007) Class II/III not classified

Adverse event reports per year · LIF

1in 2017

2007: 32008: 12014: 12017: 1
2007high 3 (2007) · low 0 (2009)2025

MAUDE reports naming product code LIF, not matched to any one device; reports are not rates.

View these four charts as a table
YearDecisionsMedian 510(k) review, daysRecalls (Class I)MAUDE reports
20070—03
20080—01
20090—10
20101—00
20110—00
20120—00
20130—00
20140—01
20150—00
20160—00
20170—01
20180—00
20190—00
20200—00
20210—00
20220—00
20230—00
20240—00
20250—00
20260—0—

What is it indicated for?

SteriChek™ Residual Peroxide Reagent Strips provide a convenient means for measuring

the concentration of peroxide remaining in water being used to rinse out dialysate lines

and dialyzers following disinfection with peroxide/peracetic acid.

Indications for use read by OCR from a scanned FDA summary, so letters may be misread. Check the PDF before quoting it.

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510(k) Report. “K974798: Sterichek (TM) Residual Peroxide Reagent Strps.” Lineage record from FDA 510(k) data and the FDA summary. Updated Nov 3, 2026. Accessed Nov 6, 2026. https://510kreport.com/device/K974798

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Record history
  • FDA decision record loaded May 2, 2026
  • Summary read Oct 13, 2026 (extraction version 9eaa42aa01ed)
  • Page last updated Nov 3, 2026