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 ...

CMS on Aug. 29 addressed frequently asked questions regarding the ongoing BD BACTEC blood culture media bottle shortage. CMS reaffirmed its knowledge of the shortage and its recommendation that ...

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 suspected ...

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. The Centers ...

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 ...

The FDA sent a letter to healthcare providers July 10 regarding the shortage, and the CDC released updated conservation strategies in a July 22 statement. The FDA estimates the shortage will continue ...

The shortage of Becton Dickinson Bactec blood culture media bottles has been going on for weeks, and the company has warned that it could stretch into September. HealthDay News — Hospitals and ...

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 and ...

Durham is the only location in the world producing a particular blood culture product to supply the growing global demand due to the rise in sepsis and antibiotic-resistant infections. Every year, ...

(HealthDay News) — 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 ...