December 2018—Magnolia Medical Technologies launched its new Best Practice Blood Culture Kit. The kit, developed in partnership with Aero-Med, includes the Steripath Gen2 Initial Specimen Diversion Device, two blood culture bottles, one ChloraSep antiseptic skin prep, and two alcohol prep pads.
Steripath Gen2, which was launched earlier this year, uses patented technology to mechanically divert and isolate the initial 1.5–2.0 mL of blood, then opens an independent sterile blood flow path for specimen collection.
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