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 ...
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., April 26, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When a woman checked into the hospital at 35 weeks pregnant, she never thought a misconnection would have a fatal consequence. A ...
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 ...
Nutrition nurse specialists say they have seen a surge in emergency call-outs because of problems related to the “disjointed” roll-out of new enteral feeding devices. They say delays in the ...
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 ...