The Impact of a Nationwide Blood Culture Bottle Shortage in 2024 on Healthcare Facilities in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A shortage of BD BACTECTM blood culture bottles occurred in 2024. We describe the clinical impact of that shortage.

Methods

We conducted a National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) questionnaire and retrospective cohort study using inpatient hospitalization data from the Premier Healthcare Database. In the retrospective cohort, facilities were categorized into BD BACTEC™ (n = 11) and non-BD BACTEC™ (n = 28) hospitals; non-shortage and shortage periods were considered from May 2023 to June 2024 and July to November 2024. We used a generalized linear model for the rate of blood cultures with an offset for patient days and adjusted for facility characteristics and other factors. Similarly, we modeled the rate of unique adult hospitalizations with a pathogen-positive

SUBMITTER: Lutgring JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12478280 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature