The BALLARD™ Mini-BAL Sampling Catheter allows physicians to safely sample lower respiratory tract secretions for accurate lung infection diagnosis and targeted antibiotic treatment. It reduces antibiotic use and healthcare costs while preventing false negatives and false positives.

• Non-bronchoscopic BAL procedure leads to reduction in antibiotic use and healthcare costs
• Proven to enable a more accurate diagnosis
• Key design features, like the directional tip enable swift extraction of lower respiratory tract samples
• Lower respiratory tract samples play a significant role in preventing false negatives and false positives, as seen seen in an estimated 23% of endotracheal aspirate cultures
• Secretions from the distal airway can help identify infectious pathogens of the lung for a microbiologically confirmed diagnosis