The amount of parenteral antibiotic prescriptions in the emergency department could potentially be reduced if blood cultures were administered with more regularity, according to a new study published ...
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 ...
Our PHO unit collected central-only cultures three times more frequently than paired cultures. A noncontaminant pathogen was isolated from peripheral cultures in seven of 625 paired culture events ...
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 ...
LEXINGTON, Mass., Sept. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- T2 Biosystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTOO) (the “Company”), a leader in the rapid detection of sepsis-causing pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes, ...
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 ...
There is a “critical shortage” of certain vials used to collect samples for blood cultures, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned health care providers on Tuesday.These tests help ...