Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
A Retrospective Report of a Multi-hospital Health System's Response to Mitigate the 2024 Worldwide Shortage of Blood Culture Media and Maintain Standard-of-Care Testing.
Anita J Reddy, Christine Ramsey, Thomas Fraser, Charles B Foster, Michael Fahey, Lauren Fromwiller, Alex Castator, Scott Dwyer, Kimberly Grider, Michael Cruise, Susan Harrington, David Bosler, Daniel D Rhoads
Published: 202610.5858/arpa.2025-0393-CP
Abstract
Context.—: The Becton Dickinson BACTEC blood culture media bottle shortage led hospitals to create a mitigation strategy to conserve bottles while ensuring a high quality of care. Objective.—: To describe how our existing framework of teams was able…
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