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International Scientific Supplies LimitedIncludes reports addressed to a minister or senior office-holder acting for this organisation.

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First report 15 Dec 2025•Latest report 15 Dec 2025

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Reports, concerns and published responses

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Reports
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Naming this recipient

Published responses
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Concerns addressed
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Across all linked responses

Stated actions
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100%published responses found
4stated actions described

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Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from International Scientific Supplies Limited linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. Addressed to: Managing Director of International Scientific Supplies Ltd.

    County Durham and Darlington

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    Anthony Jonathon LODGE · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Anthony Jonathon Lodge died from a severe urinary tract infection after a urine sample taken to investigate a suspected infection could not be processed because the specimen bottle was out of date. The concern was that the bottles were not stamped with expiry dates, creating a risk that delays from using out-of-date bottles could contribute to future deaths.

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    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to International Scientific Supplies Limited; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of expiry dates on urine specimen bottles

    Wider context from the report

    “I heard evidence that the red-topped urine sample bottles containing boric acid (for preservation of the urine) used by the County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust district nursing team were not stamped with an expiry date, making it impossible for the district nursing team to know whether or not they were using an out of date sample bottle. The laboratory were unable to process the urine sample in this case because the red top sample bottle was out of date. Although it appears that the resulting delay in this case probably did not contribute to the deceased's death, I am concerned that there may be cases in the future where the delay caused by the use of an out of date specimen bottle could cause or contribute to death. I understand that your company is the manufacturer of the urine specimen bottles used by the district nursing team. ”
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    How this respondent action was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Control scientifically justified stability studies, assigned shelf lives and expiry dates for urine specimen containers.

    Verbatim wording from the response

    “ISS manufactures and labels its urine specimen containers in accordance with all applicable UK regulatory and quality requirements for this type of medical container, including those relating to stability, expiry dating, batch control and packaging information. For the product range used by the County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust district nursing team, the expiry date and batch number are printed on the outer packaging (box) in line with recognised practice for small containers, and the containers are released only within their approved shelf life under our quality-management system. The 10 ml primary tubes are of limited size and are therefore not designed to carry the full set of outer-pack details; however, they are traceable to the labelled outer carton under our established manufacturing and distribution processes.”

    Source location

    Response from International Scientific Supplies Ltd
    Page 1 · response
    Published 19 December 2025

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    How this respondent action was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Apply legible expiry dates and batch numbers to packaging and prevent release of products beyond approved shelf life.

    Verbatim wording from the response

    “ISS manufactures and labels its urine specimen containers in accordance with all applicable UK regulatory and quality requirements for this type of medical container, including those relating to stability, expiry dating, batch control and packaging information. For the product range used by the County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust district nursing team, the expiry date and batch number are printed on the outer packaging (box) in line with recognised practice for small containers, and the containers are released only within their approved shelf life under our quality-management system. The 10 ml primary tubes are of limited size and are therefore not designed to carry the full set of outer-pack details; however, they are traceable to the labelled outer carton under our established manufacturing and distribution processes.”

    Source location

    Response from International Scientific Supplies Ltd
    Page 1 · response
    Published 19 December 2025

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    How this respondent position was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Existing stability, expiry-control, labelling and release processes were considered sufficient to manage the risk of expired urine specimen containers.

    Verbatim wording from the response

    “ISS is satisfied that, for the product range concerned, these controls were in place and that the labelling and release of the product were compliant with the applicable regulatory and quality requirements at the time of manufacture and supply.”

    Source location

    Response from International Scientific Supplies Ltd
    Page 2 · response
    Published 19 December 2025

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How actions were described at the time

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Information checked against published PFD reports and official responses · Data reviewed 7 Sep 2026 · About data quality and limitations

Data last updated 7 September 2026