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ASPEN (American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition) has developed standards for nutrition delivery in hospitalized pediatric patients, with the goal of improving patient outcomes.
Read: ASPEN Enteral Nutrition Practice Recommendations
Premier, Inc. Enteral Feeding Misconnections: A Consortium Position Statement
In: The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, May 2008
Luer Misconnections resource page
FDA sent a 2010 letter to device manufacturers suggesting that they implement “designed incompatiblity” to prevent dangerous misconnections of enteral feeding tubes and catheters.
FDA Calendar : Look. Check. Connect. Safe Medical Device Connections Save Lives, January 2009
ISMP (Institute for Safe Medication Practices) advocates the use of non-Luer connectors
And safety practices when using enteral feeding tubes.
Preventing errors when administering drugs via an enteral feeding tube
Preventing catheter/tubing misconnections: Much needed help is on the way
ECRI Institute
Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2012 (enteral feeding misconnections rank 6th)
ASHP (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists)
Online CE Program: Improving I.V. Medication Safety in the Intensive, Critical, and Coronary Care Units: Role of the Interprofessional Team 2.0 CPE credits
AAMI (Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation)
Dangerous Connections… Healthcare Community Tackles Tubing Risks (PDF). Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology. Nov/Dec 2011.
MSS0062 04/2012