BD Scores FDA Clearance For Artificial Intelligence Software To Interpret Bacterial Growth

The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to Becton, Dickinson And Company's BDX BD Kiestra Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) imaging application.
Staphylococcus aureus is a bacteria that causes various clinical diseases with potentially serious infections. BD Kiestra uses artificial intelligence software to interpret bacterial growth and release negative specimens.
The imaging application automatically organizes specimens in meaningful worklists with minimal human interaction, enhancing microbiology laboratory efficiency and workflow.
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The FDA nod will enable medical laboratory scientists and technicians to spend more time on higher-value analysis, reducing the administrative burden on technicians.
The application can evaluate single specimens or group together a large volume of plates.
"The pandemic created significant and ongoing labor challenges in laboratories, and reading plates is a labor-intense, potentially error-prone process in microbiology," said Nikos Pavlidis, vice president and general manager for Diagnostics at BD.
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