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National Patient Safety Alert · NatPSA/2026/007/NSDR

National Patient Safety Alert: StatStrip® beta-ketone testing strips (Nova Biomedical)

NatPSA/2026/007/NSDR issued 13 Oct 2026

Reference
NatPSA/2026/007/NSDR
Kind
National Patient Safety Alert
Issued
13 Oct 2026
Recorded changes
2
Source
Announcement post ↗

What changed

  1. 13 Oct 2026National Patient Safety Alert issuedsource post
  2. 13 Oct 2026Product discontinuedsource post

Provenance

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post:849efc5b655f

Recorded
13 Oct 2026 21:52 UTC
Capture route
Captured first-hand by ShortageSignal's scheduled check
Read from
Community Pharmacy England post (DHSC notification as relayed)
Captured at
13 Oct 2026 21:52 UTC
Content hash
ddedf17deaf447396918dddfa6cc1493e845f6e2dbdaa5c5afe04cf68f2f4a3e
sha256 of the captured bytes — proves what was captured, not that the source was correct
Source document
https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/national-patient-safety-alert-statstrip-beta-ketone-testing-strips-nova-biomedical/ ↗
Parser version
3
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