ADVIA Chemistry Urinary/Cerebrospinal Fluid Protein (UCFP), Material Number 11319151, in vitro diagnostic use in the quantitative determination of total protein in human urine and cerebrospinal fluid

There is a potential for ADVIA Chemistry Urinary/Cerebrospinal Fluid Protein reagent carryover impacting Enzymatic Creatinine_2 (ECRE_2). Falsely depressed ECRE_2 results may be observed when the assay is processed after the UCFP test on ADVIA Chemistry systems.

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