FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., July 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX)), a leading global medical technology company, today issued the following statement related to a U.S. FDA ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BD is seeing a shortage of its blood culture vials used to support a wide array of infectious disease diagnostics, and the FDA is urging healthcare providers to ration their current supplies and ...

FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S. (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an alert on Wednesday ...

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 ...

(HealthDay News) — 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 ...

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 ...