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Enteral Feeding Misconnections: A Consortium Position Statement
Author(s) -
Miller Sarah J.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/0884533608326324
Subject(s) - medicine , enteral administration , position statement , statement (logic) , scope (computer science) , parenteral nutrition , intensive care medicine , family medicine , law , political science , computer science , programming language
An invitation from the American Hospital Association (AHA) brought together a number of representatives from various organizations in Washington, D.C., on October 11, 2006, to (1) discuss the current state of practice pertaining to enteral feedings and (2) patient safety risks associated with medical misconnections involving enteral feeding systems. Although the initial focus was on Luer fittings, the scope of the discussion was expanded to the entire enteral feeding system to identify areas where misconnections could occur. This article presents the issues associated with enteral feeding misconnections and proposes a set of solutions. ( The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety . 2008;34:285‐292) P Guenter, RW Hicks, D Simmons, et al