Blood culture bottles are key in diagnosing sepsis, a deadly infection of the bloodstream caused by a number of different bacteria. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

On July 10, the FDA issued an advisory to clinicians that Becton Dickinson (BD) had announced a global shortage of their Bactec blood culture bottles ... effects at different facilities across ...

The letter, from European scientists, was based on a study of a different brand of blood culture bottles. But when attendees on the call asked whether the Food and Drug Administration would allow ...

Disruption to the supply of BD Bactec blood culture media bottles ... containing different media for detecting aerobic or anaerobic organisms. Healthcare professionals choose what type of organism ...

To assess the additional value of blood culture bottles (BCBs ... debilitated or immunocompromised patients and is caused by a different spectrum of pathogens related to the underlying systemic ...

Hospitals and laboratories across the United States are grappling with a shortage of Becton Dickinson BACTEC blood culture bottles that threatens to extend at least until September. In a health ...