The additional use of blood culture bottles (BCBs) has been shown to increase the culture yield of these fluids significantly. 2 BCBs were found to enhance recovery of clinically significant ...

Blood culture bottles are key in diagnosing sepsis, a deadly infection of the bloodstream caused by a number of different bacteria. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...

These blood culture bottles are designed to work in a specific testing machine, which many hospitals around the country use. That is also why it is challenging to just replace them. Gilbert said that ...

H ospitals 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 ...

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 ...

O n 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 ...

I read recently that Minister of Public Health, Mrs. Volda Lawrence advised the House that the Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at GPHC only had blood culture bottles available 39.2% of the ...