Despite increased attention to antibiotic stewardship, unnecessary antibiotic use continues to be more common among inpatients with contaminated vs negative blood cultures. Blood culture contamination ...
Federally funded research suggests that standardizing what defines contamination could increase accuracy of diagnoses, optimize treatments, avoid unnecessary medications and improve patient outcomes ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kurin, Inc., the inventor and manufacturer of the Kurin ® blood culture collection sets, announced today the full-scale launch of Kurin Jet, which has joined the Kurin Lock ...
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kurin, Inc., the inventor and manufacturer of the Kurin ® blood culture collection sets, announced today that the Food and Drug Administration has issued a 510(k) clearance ...
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 ...