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 ...

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 ...

Hospitals and laboratories across the United States are grappling with a shortage of Becton Dickinson BACTEC blood culture bottles that threatens to extend at least until September. In a health ...

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 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 CDC released an updated advisory to healthcare providers on July 22 regarding the BD BACTEC blood culture bottle shortage. The update highlights the potential for delay in patient diagnosis along ...

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 ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a health advisory on a shortage of plastic Becton Dickinson and Co. Bactec blood culture media bottles, made by a singular supplier. CDC ...

Aug. 16 (UPI) --U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Friday urged health care providers to conserve blood culture media bottles and said HHS is taking action to resolve the vials ...

Becton, Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) unit BD Life Sciences has warned customers that shipments of some of its BD BACTEC blood culture media products may be delayed in the coming months due to production ...

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 ...