Adverse outcomes caused by enteral tubing misconnections are well documented in The Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event Alert from August 2014 that states “Tubing misconnections continue to cause severe ...

POWELL, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Recently the Global Enteral Device Supplier Association (GEDSA) members and affiliates in the enteral feeding device market have released new communications that ...

For most clinicians, the biggest change ushered in by the new ISO-compliant standards will involve enteral tubes, feeding sets, and syringes. The first phase involves enteral feeding administration ...

POWELL, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Global Enteral Device Supplier Association (GEDSA) announced that its member manufacturers ended production of legacy feeding tubes and cross-application connectors ...

Concerns about supply, dosing and blenderized diets are delaying the U.S. transition to a new standard for feeding tube connectors. The sweeping series of ISO 80369 standards were developed to prevent ...

A doctor ordered a feeding tube for a patient who was 35 weeks pregnant and hospitalized for vomiting and weight loss. A nurse mistakenly hooked the tube for the liquid-food bag to the woman's vein ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- All hospitals across Japan have completed adoption of ISO-compliant NRFit™ neuraxial connectors designed to improve patient safety by reducing the ...

A pediatric intensive nurse was taking care of a very fussy baby girl on the night shift. The baby had a urea cycle defect (an inborn error of metabolism) and ...