Although the foundational concepts and methods remain the same, the technology has advanced far beyond test tubes full of blood and agar ... can easily contaminate cell cultures handled with poor ...

Although meticulous use of an aseptic technique may substantially reduce the risk for contaminating the blood culture specimen, contamination rates of 2% to 3% are considered acceptable.

The researchers have developed a novel technique, CryoSCAPE, that uses a simple chemical mixture, pre-packaged in a small tube, to put blood into a type of “suspended animation” protecting it ...

The aim of this study was to investigate leptospirosis as the cause of aseptic meningitis using different diagnostic ... The diagnosis of leptospirosis is confirmed by blood or CSF culture and/or the ...

Mehta and Wynia are the co-chairs of the Medical Advisory Panel of the Mountain Plains Regional Disaster Health Response System. On July 10, the FDA issued an advisory to clinicians that Becton ...

In July, federal health officials warned hospitals that there would be a critical shortage of blood culture bottles that will stretch into September. Blood culture bottles are key in diagnosing ...

Let us know! Hospitals in the Philadelphia region are dealing with the fallout from a shortage of blood culture bottles. A few weeks ago, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease ...

Hospitals in the Philadelphia region are dealing with the fallout from a shortage of blood culture bottles. A few weeks ago, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control ...

Health systems are grappling with effects from the BD BACTEC blood culture media bottle shortage. The FDA sent a letter to healthcare providers July 10 regarding the shortage, and the CDC released ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a health advisory on a shortage of plastic Becton Dickinson and Co. Bactec blood culture media bottles, made by a singular supplier.

There is a “critical shortage” of certain vials used to collect samples for blood cultures, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned health care providers on Tuesday.These ...