Rates of routine blood culture (BC) testing for uncomplicated infections in children had no significant effect on length of stay, costs, return emergency department visits, or hospital readmissions, ...

Hospitals and clinical laboratories across the United States are facing a critical shortage of bottles used to culture blood samples, federal health officials report. Without the ability to culture ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Health Alert Network advisory on July 23 about a critical Becton Dickenson blood culture vial shortage that will seriously disrupt patient care.

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Hospitals in the Philadelphia region are dealing with the fallout from a shortage of ...

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

Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are defined as a systemic infection resulting fromthe presence of viable microorganisms in the blood. BSIs are associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality, are ...

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., July 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today issued the following statement related to a U.S.