As part of its responsibility to ensure quality in clinical laboratory testing, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted FAQs to address a supply issue disrupting the availability of some blood culture media bottles, specifically, related to the BD BACTEC Blood Culture Bottle Shortage.
The FAQs address the three main stakeholder concerns regarding the blood culture shortage, including CMS awareness, the use of expired blood culture bottles, and the verification of glass blood culture bottles.
