The BD EpiCenter™ Microbiology Data Management System provides advanced data management for BD microbiology systems, including the BD BACTEC™ FX Blood Culture System, BD BACTEC™ MGIT™ Automated Mycobacterial Detection System, BD Phoenix™ Automated Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing System and BD™ Bruker MALDI Biotyper® CA System. It integrates multiple platforms, helps facilitate improved workflows, analyzes data, and generates reports, including those used for epidemiological tracking.
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Fully traceable, streamlined workflow
Monitoring, analyzing and communicating microbiology data in a timely manner can directly impact patient care. However, obtaining, organizing and communicating this information is labor intensive.1,2
The combination of BD informatics with the BD instruments empowers
you to:2-4
- Identify bottlenecks and sources of errors across many diagnostic pathways, including bloodstream infections
- Increase confidence in your blood culture results
- Automate specimen traceability and data analytics across your network of labs and collection sites
- Impact key metrics such as turnaround time
- Receive custom alerts for critical results (e.g., CPO, VRSA, ESBL) to help support infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship initiatives
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- CDC. Preventing Adult Blood Culture Contamination: A Quality Tool for Clinical Laboratory Professionals. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/labquality/docs/BCC-Prevention_A-Quality-Tool_CDC.pdf. Accessed October 2023.
- Khare R et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2020;70(2):262–8.
- BD EpiCenter™ Microbiology Data Management System User's Training Manual (SHQ-TM-020).
- Bruins MJ et al. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2017;36(4):619–23.
- BD Phoenix™ M50 Automated Microbiology System User's Manual (500008930).
- Carey RB et al. Failure of Automated Systems to Detect Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Abstract presented at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Washington, DC, 2004.
- Tenover FC et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006;12(8):1209–13.
- Kulah C et al. BMC Infect Dis. 2009;9:30.
- Mittman SA et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2009;47(11):3557–61.
- Woodford N et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2010;48(8):2999–3002.
- BD™ Bruker MALDI Biotyper CA System User Manual (8603291).
- Saffert RT et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2011;49(3):887–92.
- Knabl L et al. Lett Appl Microbiol. 2021;73(1):2–8.
- Watanabe N et al. J Infect Chemother. 2022;28(4):563–8.
- BD Synapsys™ Microbiology Informatics Solution User's Manual (L011216).
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