Hospitals, labs, and health departments try to cope with blood culture bottle shortage

(By Helen Branswell for STAT)

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. Continue reading here…

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