Becton Dickinson (United States)

Impact on blood cultures pre-analytical quality and positivity rate of a key performance indicators digital monitoring approach: a pre–post intervention study

Blood cultures (BCs) remain essential for diagnosing bloodstream infections, but their yield depends largely on pre-analytical phase quality. We evaluated the impact of an intervention guided by a digital platform for blood culture key performance indicators (KPIs) automated extr...

Measuring the Carbon Footprint for Health Systems and Suppliers: A Collaborative Field Study by Providence and Becton Dickinson

The carbon emissions from assets owned by health systems are a small fraction of their total carbon footprint. The emissions produced by their suppliers of products and services - such as electricity and transportation - are typically more than 10 times a hospital's direct emissi...

Reframing risk management for AI-enabled medical devices: A dual-layer risk governance framework

Background AI-enabled medical devices introduce dynamic, data-dependent risks that challenge traditional safety-risk management frameworks. While ISO 14971, AAMI CR34971, and the EU Artificial Intelligence Act each address elements of device safety and algorithmic governance, the...