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Blood Culture
Impacting lives with a full spectrum of blood culture solutions
BD is empowering healthcare professionals—from specimen collection to actionable results—to address the health and financial burdens associated with sepsis.
Each year, an estimated 48.9 million cases of sepsis are diagnosed globally, with an estimated 11.0 million deaths.1 The average cost per hospital stay for severe sepsis is €22,800.2
Today, blood culture remains the most important microbiology tool in the management of sepsis.3 BD provides a proven, full-spectrum blood culture offering for all three phases of testing.
Blood Culture Collection
Simplify collection, help minimise contamination, and facilitate appropriate blood volume during the preanalytical phase with a full spectrum of specimen collection solutions.
BD BACTEC™ Blood Culture Instrumentation
Provide workflow efficiencies and modular solutions to meet different volume needs during the analytical phase with a full spectrum of blood culture instrumentation solutions.
Blood Culture Media
Time to detection is important during the analytical phase. Learn about a full spectrum of blood culture media solutions.
Blood Culture reporting and analytics
Manage blood culture workflow and improve quality metrics during the post-analytical phase with a full spectrum of blood culture workflow management solutions.
Platelet testing media
Help reduce the risk of septic transfusion reactions with FDA-cleared BD BACTEC™ platelet testing media.
Please note, not all products, services or features of products and services may be available in your local area. Please check with your local BD representative.
Reference
- K E Rudd et al. Global, regional, and national sepsis incidence and mortality,1990–2017: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet 2020; 395: 200–1.
- Tiru B et al. The Economic and Humanistic Burden of Severe Sepsis. PharmacoEconomics (2015) 33:925–93
- Patel M. Utility of blood culture in sepsis diagnostics. J Acad Clin Microbiol. 2016;18(2):74-79.
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