Blood culture is the most widely used diagnostic tool for the detection of bacteremia and fungemia. It is the most important way to diagnose the etiology of bloodstream infections and has major ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A recent study published in Scientific Reports compared the detection of pathogenic microbes between blood culture and metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) in patients suspected of ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kurin, Inc., the inventor and manufacturer of 510(k)-cleared Kurin® blood culture collection sets, announced today that the United States Patent Office allowed its patent ...

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 ...

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 ...