CDC Asks for Input on Blood Culture Bottle Shortage Form
Published Date: 6/11/2025
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Summary
The CDC is asking for public feedback on a new questionnaire about a shortage of special blood culture bottles used in healthcare. They want to make sure the form is useful, clear, and not too much work to fill out. You’ve got 30 days from June 11, 2025, to share your thoughts—this helps keep things running smoothly without wasting time or money.
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Blood culture bottle shortage impacts patients
The FDA announced interruptions in the supply of Becton Dickinson BACTEC blood culture media bottles. The notice says this disruption is expected to impact patient diagnosis, follow-up patient management, and antimicrobial stewardship efforts.
NHSN questionnaire creates staff time burden
CDC will collect a new electronic NHSN questionnaire from facilities' Infection Preventionists/Microbiologists. The request covers 3,500 respondents, each responding once for about 20 minutes (totaling 2,334 annual burden hours), with OMB approval requested for one year and no monetary cost to respondents other than their time.
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