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Setting the standard for today’s Tuberculosis (TB) culture diagnostics
The updated BD BACTEC™ MGIT™ II system modernizes automated TB culture testing to help improve operational efficiency, strengthen cybersecurity and data integrity. It enables future workflow expansion while maintaining the trusted MGIT phenotypic workflow relied upon by labs around the world.
A new 10.4-inch color touchscreen with intuitive navigation and fewer touchpoints streamlines workflows and simplifies user onboarding.
Improve workflow visibility with new color coded alerts and on-screen tube identification/ selection.
Enhance system uptime with remote service support enabling faster troubleshooting and streamlined service triage.
BD BACTEC™ MGIT™ II System
Choose more than an automated TB culture system BD BACTEC™ MGIT™ II system modernizes automated TB culture testing to help improve operational efficiency, strengthen cybersecurity and data integrity, and enable future workflow expansion, while maintaining the trusted MGIT phenotypic workflow labs rely on.
960 system
The BD BACTEC™ MGIT™ II 960 system is for high-volume mycobacteria growth, detection and susceptibility testing and is designed to meet the needs of medium- and high-volume laboratories.
320 system
The Modern Standard for TB Culture Diagnostics:
BD BACTEC™ MGIT™ II System
Maintaining laboratory safety through needleless operation
Improve operational efficiency
Review data with optimal efficiency
On-screen access to in-progress and historical reports help streamline results review and improve workflow visibility. Historical report retrievable anytime by date-range supports traceability and audit/compliance readiness.
LIS communication can upload test results, tube entry/removal records and accession records to support timely documentation of critical results.
BD Epicenter™ connectivity provides comprehensive reporting, query tools and analysis to support actionable clinical and operational insights.
Secure Data
Strengthen Cybersecurity and data integrity for critical TB culture data
Protect culture data with a modern secure architecture
Built on modern Microsoft® Windows® 10 IoT Enterprise – 21H2 operating system architecture with encryption at rest, role-based user authentication, and built-in anti-malware protection to help labs protect critical TB culture data against cyber threats and support traceability.
Expanded data storage (512GB) allows storage of records for up to 1 year and reduces risk of data loss.
Enable future workloads.
Built for today. Ready for tomorrow.
BD BACTEC™ MGIT™ II system is designed for today’s TB labs, combining reliable performance and intuitive usability to help streamline daily culture testing operations. Remote service support enables fast software troubleshooting and accelerated service triage, helping minimize downtime and maintain operational continuity.
BD BACTEC™ MGIT™ II enables future workflow expansion and integration through a modernized system foundation with sustained parts availability, remote service support capabilities, USB-compatible printing and software readiness for future connectivity.
Remote service capabilities
Helps minimize downtime and supports faster instrument recovery
USB connectivity
Supports regional printer sourcing flexibility, workflow continuity of report printing and modern service-ready operations for software updates
Software readiness
BD BACTEC™ MGIT™ II enables future workflow expansion and integration through Windows OS enabled modern system foundation
BD Diagnostic Solutions is Now Waters Advanced Diagnostics
BD Diagnostic Solutions and Biosciences have combined with Waters Corporation to create a life sciences and diagnostics leader driven by innovation and a relentless commitment to our customers.
As we begin our new journey as part of Waters, there will be no immediate changes in how we serve you. The way you order your products and services and how you process payment for them will not change. Your points of contact for sales, customer service, technical service and support or clinical services will remain the same.
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- BD-65863 BD_BACTEC_MGIT_Systems_EMEA.
- Provisional 2024 Tuberculosis Data, Unites States. Accessed Jan 2026 at cdc.gov/tb-data/2024-provisional/index.html.
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