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BD Diagnostics, Bruker Collaborate to Improve Microbial ID, Antimicrobial Susceptability Testing

BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), and Bruker Daltonics Inc., a subsidiary of Bruker Corporation, announced today an international co-development and co-marketing collaboration that will promote an emerging, integrated approach to bacterial and ...More
September 29, 2010
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BD Announces Launch of BD Vacutainer® Push Button Blood Collection Set with Pre-Attached Holder

BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announces the U.S. launch of the BD Vacutainer® Push Button Blood Collection Set with Pre-Attached Holder. The ready-to-use product has been designed to help protect healthcare workers from accidental ...More
June 2, 2010
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BD Diagnostics Launches the BD Protect Infection Surveillance and Prevention Software Portfolio

BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announces the launch of the BD Protect™ Infection Surveillance and Data Management System, a portfolio of healthcare management software solutions that tracks infections and helps prevent their ...More
March 23, 2010
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BD Launches 'Be a Flu Fighter' Campaign to Promote Influenza Awareness and Prevention

BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), today announced the launch of the Be a Flu Fighter initiative, aimed at increasing awareness and prevention of influenza. Recognizing that schools and hospitals are important centers for health-related ...More
February 3, 2010
Posted in News
Children’s Hospital Adopts New Technology to Enhance Employee Safety

Birmingham, Ala. -- As part of its ongoing efforts to enhance and maintain employee on-the-job safety, Children’s Health System has implemented the use of new technology to reduce the risk of accidental needlesticks. Needlesticks in healthcare workers are not uncommon ...More
November 10, 2009
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BD Adds Surveillance Capability to Infectious Disease Portfolio

BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) announces the expansion of its portfolio of tools to prevent and control infectious diseases by adding software systems for the surveillance of infections and associated risk factors among patients and ...More
August 7, 2009
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BD Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance of Novel Molecular Assay to Diagnose C. diff Infections

BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced today it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the BD GeneOhm™ C. diff molecular assay for the rapid detection of the Toxin B gene found in ...More
January 13, 2009
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Experts Discuss Rapid Flu Testing Issues

ICT gathered a small panel of experts to share their perspectives on issues relating to rapid diagnostic testing for influenza. Panel participants are: • Elliot Rank, PhD, director of scientific affairs/medical affairs for BD Diagnostics - Diagnostic Systems • ...More
October 13, 2008
Posted in Articles
BD Announces CE Marking of a New Molecular Test to Diagnose Patients with Clostridium difficile Infections

SAN DIEGO — BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced today the CE marking of the BD GeneOhm™ Cdiff molecular assay for the rapid diagnosis of patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). It is the first CDI diagnostic ...More
July 7, 2008
Posted in News
BD GeneOhm MRSA Assay Part of Largest U.S. Study Using Universal Active Surveillance to Significantly Reduce MRSA Infection Rates

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. – BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), today announced that a new study, "Universal Surveillance for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 3 Affiliated Hospitals," published in Annals of Internal Medicine, ...More
March 18, 2008
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