La Grande Observer

New Study Demonstrates Potential for Enhanced Accuracy of Blood Cultures with Steripath® Initial Specimen Diversion Device® (ISDD®) for Central Line Draws

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 ...
STAT

Hospitals, labs, and health departments try to cope with blood culture bottle shortage

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 ...
WDSU

Shortage of blood culture vials could impact patient care, CDC and FDA warn

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 ...
STAT

What we do and don’t know about the shortage of blood culture bottles

In July, federal health officials warned hospitals that there would be a critical shortage of blood culture bottles that will stretch into September. Blood culture bottles are key in diagnosing sepsis ...
News Medical

Laboratory Automation in Microbiology

Automation has been used in laboratories for decades, and, indeed, any use of machinery in the laboratory can be considered automation. Automation is the change from manual work to the use of machines ...