Object Details
- Diagnostic Chemicals Limited
- Description (Brief)
- This single use disposable dipstick is used to check for small amounts of the protein albumin in the urine. The presence of albumin in the urine, known as albuminaria or microalbuminaria if the amount is very small, is an indication of kidney damage most often caused by diabetes. The ImmunoDip test was developed by Diagnostic Chemicals Limited in 2004.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Larry J. Kricka and Peter Wilding
- ca 2004
- ID Number
- 2014.0247.17
- accession number
- 2014.0247
- catalog number
- 2014.0247.17
- Object Name
- diagnostic
- microalbuminuria test
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- sealed package: 7.5 cm x 18 cm x .7 cm; 2 15/16 in x 7 3/32 in x 9/32 in
- dipstick: 11.2 cm x 3.2 cm x .7 cm; 4 13/32 in x 1 1/4 in x 9/32 in
- place made
- Canada: Prince Edward Island
- United States: Connecticut
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- The Antibody Initiative
- Antibody Initiative: Diagnostics
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1757114
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-5fdd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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