bioMérieux’s BacT/ALERT® 3D continues to be the most compact, modular and flexible blood culture system available ... and improving the efficiency of bottle loading, processing and unloading. The new ...

indicated that the price paid by patients for a blood culture covered the cost of blood culture bottles, laboratory identification, and antibiotic susceptibility testing. 185 (53·0%) of 349 ...

The culture of aerobic and anaerobic organisms was performed in the BACT ALERT 3D, BioMerieux ... found in the two groups and because at least 1 mL of blood was inserted into culture bottles in the ...

There are two other manufacturers of blood culture systems (bioMerieux's BacT/ALERT and Thermo Fisher's SIGNAL systems) that are unaffected, but their bottles can't be used in the Bactec system ...

CMS has issued a statement to healthcare providers regarding the ongoing BD BACTEC blood culture media shortage, which is expected to continue late into the year. CMS said it recognizes the effect ...

A recent study published in the journal Microplastics found that drinking from plastic bottles may increase blood pressure as a result of microplastics entering the bloodstream. As the name ...

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 ...