Kurin Lock (Iskus Health Ltd) is a CE‑marked class IIa medical device, intended for use in collecting blood samples to check for the presence of infections. The Kurin Lock device consists of a needle, ...

A blood culture is a routine laboratory test in which blood – or another sterile body fluid – is taken from a patient and inoculated into bottles containing specialized media to determine whether ...

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 ...

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 ...

Shortly after securing an FDA clearance last month for its simple, self-operated blood sample collection device, Tasso has teamed up with Catapult Health to help propel its device into people’s homes.

Hyderabad, India, March 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The report “Blood Culture Tests Market Analysis: By Type (Gram-Positive, Gram-Negative, Yeast); By Products (Consumables, Instruments, Software, ...

BD is expanding its long-running partnership with the blood collection company Babson Diagnostics, which aims to make taking a high-quality sample in pharmacies, grocery stores or at home as easy as ...

All 12 studies showed a reduced blood culture contamination rate after introducing Kurin Lock. Most of the studies were based in the US but there were 3 quality improvement studies based in NHS ...