Improve your bloodstream infection (BSI) diagnostics and blood culture pathways

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Below you will find a list of resources on how to improve your BSI diagnostics and blood culture pathways. Register here to gain full access to the customer testimonials, scientific resources, and tools on this page to be deployed in the wards and help improve best practices.

Tools for best practice:

Best practice poster



Use this poster in your wards as a reminder of the key basics of good blood culture collection.

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Quick reference guide for blood culture collection

Distribute this quick guide to your blood culture collectors for quick access to best practices.

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Blood collection guide



Share this guide to collectors to help understand why they should collect at least 4 bottles.

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Key publications on BSI diagnostics

This compendium regroups the key scientific peer-reviewed publications showing how and why actions are put in place to improve BSI diagnostics.


Sepsis & BSI awareness tools:

Blood culture infographic


Discover key figures around bloodstream infections in the UK.

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Driving diagnostic integration beyond the walls of the laboratory

Read an article published in Pathology in Practice explaining the outcomes of the BD "Saving Time Changes Lives" event.

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Customer Testimonials on BSI Management:

BSI Symposium event: Nurse perspective

Discover the Nurse perspective on improved BSI management.

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BSI Symposium event: Lab Manager perspective

Discover the Lab Manager perspective on improved BSI management.

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BSI Symposium event: Patient perspective

Discover the Patient perspective on improved BSI management.

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ESCMID Global Symposium


(Re)Discover the presentation from Dr Jane Freeman during ESCMID Global 2024 on "Optimising the blood culture pathway: moving from nice to do - to must do".

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Product brochures:

BD BACTEC™ Blood Culture systems


Discover BD BACTEC: A legacy of innovation in blood culture.

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BD Vacutainer® UltraTouch™ Push Button Blood Collection Set

Enabling improved blood culture collection to aid diagnostic accuracy1.

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Accelerate Pheno® system


Upgrade your susceptibility testing with the speed and simplicity of the Accelerate Pheno® system.

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BD Phoenix™ Automated Microbiology

Detect antimicrobial resistance with confidence.

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The BD BSI Solution

Sepsis, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and lab burden - together these problems represent a major challenge for how healthcare institutions detect and treat bloodstream infections (BSIs).

How are you improving the detection and management of bloodstream infections?

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