SEATTLE, March 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc., the pioneer in Initial Specimen Diversion Device ® (ISDD ®) technology, today announced groundbreaking new findings from an ...

A blood culture is a routine laboratory test in which blood – or another sterile body fluid – is taken from a patient and inoculated into bottles containing specialized media to determine whether ...

The success of blood cultures is dependent on the collection of uncontaminated specimens, culture of a large volume of blood, and inoculation of multiple media types to maximize the recovery of most ...

All 12 studies showed a reduced blood culture contamination rate after introducing Kurin Lock. Most of the studies were based in the US but there were 3 quality improvement studies based in NHS ...

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 sepsis ...

Medical device company Becton Dickinson (BD) may be nearing the end of a shortage of plastic bottles used to contain blood culture media, a company official said Tuesday. "Because of actions BD ...

Tasso has taken a major step forward in its plans to make quick, easy and widespread blood tests a reality, with an FDA clearance for its simple sample collection device. The Tasso+ lancet can be ...

FDA today sent a letter to healthcare providers detailing that the United States is experiencing interruptions in the supply of BD Life Sciences Bactec blood culture media bottles due to recent ...

Credit: Becton, Dickinson and Company. The system consists of a capillary blood collection tube and a finger sleeve that is intended for use by a trained health care provider, without the need of a ...