Typical collection sets provide microbes a direct line to the culture bottle ... solutions for all blood culture collection practices, including times when a syringe is used to draw blood rather ...

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 ...

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 -- which are essential in the case of ...

Hospitals across the country are facing a severe shortage of supplies of blood culture bottles, critical tools for diagnosing serious and sometimes life-threatening bloodstream infections.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...