Becton Dickinson (BD) joins NRFit Membership | NRFit Success Stories of B. Braun | NRFIt Clinical Advisory Board Participants Needed | ENFit Webinars | Cardinal & Moog ENFit Transition Updates | California’s AB 444 | ASPEN Survey for Malnutrition Week 2022 | Forbes article 'Supply-Chain Snags Create Shortages Of Lifesaving Medical Supplies In U.S.' | NRFit Conferences | FDA Map Import/Export Seminar | Moog Resource Page | Don't Let CMS Suppress Data on 25,000 Deaths a Year in Hospitals

Thank You Nurses! | Webinars: AHRMM, ECRI, MOOG | Cardinal Health Announces Conversion to ENFit® Enteral Feeding Connectors |ISMP Medication Safety Alert: Companies begin move toward full implementation of ENFit | New Hospital Safety Grades from The LeapFrog Group | NRFit Conferences | Infant Formula Shortages | A Standardized Approach to Enteral Medication Administration & more

Sol-Millennium joins GEDSA! | Enteral Device Product Discontinuation | ASPEN 2022 | Euro Pharmat a Supporting Organization of GEDSA | ASRA | AHRMM Webinar Coming | APST | Nation Public Health Week

GEDSA Unified Message: Enteral Device Product Updates | AHRMM Webinar & Panel with GEDSA | ASPEN 2022 Conference Recap | APSF & ASA Conferences | May is Nurses Month! | ASPEN Webinar & Tool Kits!

GEDSA Members Working Towards a Common Goal | Moog Moving to ENFit-Only Compatible Connections | What to Know About NRFit | National Nutrition Month | Patient Safety Awareness Week | ASPEN 2022 | ECRI Shoutout | Resources & Toolkits

New Members: NRFit gains B. Braun & Flat Medical. ENFit welcomes back KB Medical | Cardinal ENFit Timeline Update | Feeding Tube Awareness Week | Join GEDSA at ASPEN 2022 | ECRI Update: Navigating the Transition to ENFit Enteral Connectors | Read Ben's Davis's Executive Director Announcement

Happy Holidays & New Year! | Executive Director Mike Cusack Retires | Meet New Executive Director Ben Davis |Meet Our Board of Directors | Case Study: The Cap to Protect Children: Prep-Lock™ Tamper Evident Caps Deter Drug Diversion: Children's of Alabama | & More!

Myth Busting on ENFit Enteral Feeding Connectors Webinar Recording | GEDSA Supports FDA Safety Comm. on ENFit® Low Dose Tip Syringe | Meet Brittant Detrick, Enteral Feeding Patient | Meet Meet Dr. Allison Blackmer, Newest Member on GEDSA's Clinical Advisory Board | EnteraLoc, Vonco's New Product!

Debunking Myth Webinar Sign Up | FDA Safety Communication on ENFit Low Dose Tip Syringe | NRFit Success in New Zealand & Progress in Australia | National Pharmacists Month

Fall Webinar Coming Soon | Podcast: ISMP Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Hospitals #4 and #5 | MNSPEN 2021 Fall Conference | Medovate secures CE Mark approval for five of SAFIRA’s components & more.

ENFit Implementation Webinar presented by Expert Converters | ISMP Medication Safety Alert on Misconnection | A Conversation with the FDA on Irrigation Bag Connections | Still Relevant Today, Article by Matthew Grissinger | Utilizing GEDSA's Resources & More!

The ENFit Implementation Webinar Registration for July 27 | GEDSA Members End Production of Legacy Enteral Connectors | Evidence-based Strategies to Prevent Enteral Nutrition Complications | LDT Patient Fun-Fact | Events

NEW Webinar Event: ENFit Implementation, 4-Steps to Success on July 27, 2021 | Reminder on Conversion Schedule for July 1, 2021 | Dispelling 6 Myths About ENFIT® Enteral Feeding Connectors | Neuraxial and Peripheral Misconnection Events Leading to Wrong-Route Medication Errors: A Comprehensive Literature Review | ENFit means no more feeding the bed!

Introducing The Shepherd Program: A Hospital's Guided Approach to ENFit Conversion! Watch our American Nurse Webinar and hear a personal story on a misconnection from Glendar Rodgers, RN. A Misconnection between cecostomy & gastrostomy on 8-year-old-patient. Combatting Decompression & Drainage Issues: New Products Available! & More.

Nebraska Medicine's Conversion Tips after "going live" with ENFit in November 2020 | American Nurse Webinar sponsored by GEDSA, sign up! | Celebrating Nurses in May | GEDSA Recorded Webinar | International Resources | Educational Webinars & Presentations

GEDSA's Virtual Summit Recording Coming April 2, 2021. New American Nurse Webinar announcement. GEDSA announces Conversion Committee for top hospital conversion. Clinical Advisory Board is back in action. Lessons from GEDSA's ASPEN booth. A reminder from The Joint Commission and the latest in industry news.

GEDSA Virtual Summit Announcement. NRFit in Japan press release. Current events and latest news.

Continuing on the path to patient safety in 2021  |A word from GEDSA Clinical Advisory Board member, Lorraine Linford, RN BSN CNSC | GEDSA Byline | Zhejiang Runqiang Medical Instruments Co., Ltd. joins as NRFit member | Latest Study on Cleaning Regimens | ASPEN's Tube Feeding Series Tube Feeding Awareness Week, Feb. 8-12, 2021 | Events  & Conversion Schedule News

A message from Executive Director, Mike Cusack | ENFit® Transition Tips: 2020 Edition - All 10 tops in one place! | A word from GEDSA Clinical Advisory Board member, Joseph Boullata, PharmD, RPh, CNS-S, FASPEN, FACN  | ASPEN's Tube Feeding Series | Oley Event & ASA Conference dates| Conversion Schedule News

Read the newest GEDSA Article, The Logic of Conversion: How Supply and Demand Affect Your Transition. The ENFit® Transition Tips: Tenth Edition features two Registered Dietitians; Marianne Aloupis, MS, RD, CNSC, LDN from University of Pennsylvania &  Cynthia Reddick, RD, CNSC from Coram/CVS Health. Meet Molly Yeselson our Patient Representative Member of the Clinical Advisory Board. A new tool kit ordering form and more!

ENFit® Transition Tips: Ninth Edition, showing you resources at your fingertips | A word from GEDSA Clinical Advisory Board member, Cynthia Reddick, RD, CNSC. | Feat. in The Joint Commission Newsletter | Feat. in Infusion  | Oley & Mayo Clinic Survey | Conversion Schedule News

ENFit® Transition Tips: Eighth Edition where Beth Lyman MSN, RN, CNSC, FASPEN, FAAN, pairs up with a GEDSA member and calls out some "must have" adapters that will assist your transition. |  Meet CAB Member Chris Falato, PharmD | View the revised ENFit Conversion Schedule

ENFit® Conversion: A Global Perspective | A word from GEDSA Clinical Advisory Board member, Barbara Fleming, MS, APN, RNC-NIC, C-ELBW, Clinical Nurse Specialist-NICU | World Patient Safety Day | ESPEN 2020 | ASHRM 2020 | Tool Kits for Order | StayConnected to Current Market News & COVID19 Resources

ENFit® Transition Tips: Seventh Edition, a focus on syringes & potential outpatient issues | A word from GEDSA Clinical Advisory Board Co-Chair, Ruba Abdelhadi, MD. | Tool Kits for Order | StayConnected to Current Market News & COVID19 Resources

ENFit® Transition Tips: Sixth Edition, a focus on Salem Sump | Announcing Newest GEDSA Members | A word from GEDSA Clinical Advisory Board Member, Jennifer Bonvechio, PharmD, BCPPS | Tool Kits for Order | StayConnected to Current Market News & COVID19 Resources

ENFit® Transition Tips: Fifth Edition, a focus on Blenderized Tube Feeding (BTF)| Announcing New GEDSA Board Members | A word from GEDSA Clinical Advisory Board Mermber, Kim Gorsuch BSN, RN, CNSC | COVID-19 Update & Resources | Tool Kits for Order | StayConnected to Current Market News

ENFit® Transition Tips: Fourth Edition, a focus on Pharmacy | A word from GEDSA Clinical Advisory Board Co-Chair, Beth Lyman | COVID-19 Update & Resources | Tool Kits for Order | StayConnected to Current Market News

ENFit® Transition Tips: Third Edition | A word from our Executive Director, Mike Cusack | ASPEN 2020: Virtual Conference | Tool Kits Coming | StayConnected to Current Market News

ENFit® Transition Tips: Second Edition | Introducing the GEDSA Clinical Advisory Board | ASPEN 2020 Details & where to learn more about ENFit® | NRFit Tool Kits Coming | StayConnected to Current Market News

Important news from the past six months | ENFit® Transition Tips: First Edition | GEDSA at ASPEN 2020

ASPEN 2019: Enteral Access Management, A Refresher Course on Enteral Access Feeding Devices |ENFit : Rx-to-OTC Update | Nutrition Support Lab: Guiding the Nutrition Support Patient Journey from Hospital to Home, an Interactive Workshop | ENFit Tool Kit: Hands on teaching stations are available

ENFit Webinar: Transitioning to ENFit Connectors, A Safer Enteral Feeding System | Webinar Follow-Up Questions for GEDSA | Did you know?: Your Hospital is already half ENFit | ENFit Tool Kit: Hands on teaching stations are available

Banner Health System ENFit Adoption Experience | Let’s Talk: ENFit Regional Summits | ENFit Tool Kit: Hands on teaching stations are available | Raising Awareness: Including your community in your conversation regarding ENFit

ENFit Cleaning Procedures: Let’s Talk: Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles ENFit Regional Summit | GEDSA ENFit Adoption Survey | ENFit Tool Kit | Raising Awareness: Including your discharge planner in your conversation regarding ENFit

ECRI’s Top 10 Technology Hazards for 2018: Slow Adoption of Safer Enteral Feeding Connectors Leaves Patients at Risk | UPDATE: California Hospital ENFit Adoption | The American Society for Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition (ASPEN) recently released a comprehensive report on enteral nutrition | Raising Awareness: Including your discharge planner in your conversation regarding ENFit

ENFit® Supply Concerns: What you Need to Know to Manage Supply During the Transition | Advocate for a Safer Enteral Feeding System – Sign the Petition Today | Regional Summit Registration

ENFit Advocacy Meeting: Efforts for a regulatory push | ENFit Webinar Update | Upcoming Regional Summit Registration | Raising Awareness: Include your Patient Safety Officer in the conversation around ENFit

NEW: ENFit Tool Kit | Successful ENFit Summit held at Wisconsin | Upcoming ENFit webinar schedule | Has your facility set an ENFit "Go-Live"

Stories told by those impacted by misconnections | The StayConnected initiative is strengthened by key supporting organizations

Sentinel Event 57 | Patient Safety Awareness Week | ISO Guidelines for Supporting Implementation of ISO 80369 Standard Series | ENFit Transition Success Story: Valley Children's Hospital | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Robyn Jackin

ENFit Transition Success Story | ENFit Adoption Summit Update | Information about ASPEN CE Accredited Educational Session | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet James Langley, Pharm.D

Update on California Legislation AB444 | Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres (CAPHC) Webinar | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Debby Kasper, RDN, LDN, SNS

Transitioning to ENFit Connectors Webinar | UPDATE: Independence Day & The California Deadline | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Angie Mitchell, Director of Nursing Services at Health Trust Purchasing Group

Final Draft International Standard Passes | UPDATE: ENFit Low Dose Tip performance testing | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Beth Lyman, Senior Clinical Program Coordinator, Children's Mercy Hospital

ENFit® Low Dose Tip Syringe Update: ENFit tip syringe for administering lower doses of medication

ENFit Introduction Dates | Low Dose ENFit tip Syringe | ENFit FAQs | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Pete Phillips, Director, Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory (SMTL)

ENFit™ Tip Syringes for Low Medication Dosing | Low Dose ENFit Tip Syringe Usability Testing | Stay Connected Video | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Colleen Elliott, Director Standards, Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI)

Translated resources | Pharmacy Checklist | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Deborah Pasko, Pharm.D., MHA Director of Medication Safety and Quality,American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP)

Updates to Mandatory California Law | ENFit Timelines have been updated | Enteral FAQs | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Gina Hogan, RN, Clinical Advisory Services Director, MedAssets

ENFit Transition Sets | GEDSA is a collaborating parter with Feeding Tube Awareness Foundation | Joint Commission Sentinel Alert 53 | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Ana McKee, M.D., Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, The Joint Commission

Timeline update for introduction of ENFit | View GEDSA recommendations on ENFit tip syringes | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Mike Schiller, Senior Director, Supply Chain, The Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM)

ENFit Tip Syringes and Medication Dosing | View the most recent AAMI timeline | New Item Numbers | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Terry Longman, International Standards Organization/British Standards Institution Development Consultant

New ENFit™ Connector Availability | The Stay Connected brochure is available in seven languages! | Watch the Stay Connected Video | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Peggi Guenter, PhD, RN, Senior Director of Clinical Practice and Advocacy, American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

FDA Takes Unprecedented Steps to Aid Adoption of New, Safer Connectors | Stay Connected Group 2 Timeline | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Dr. Phoebe Mainland, Liaison between several ISO committees and the World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists

Provisional American National Standard Published | GEDSA recently awarded the George Didomizio Industry Award by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Joan Bishop, Executive Director, The Oley Foundation

Second DIS 80369-3 awaiting approval | TIMING UPDATE: Transition to begin Q1 2015 | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Michael R. Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD (hon.), DPS (hon.), President, Institute for Safe Medication Practices

AHRMM shares best practices for implementation | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Rory Jaffe, MD MBA, Executive Director, California Hospital Patient Safety Organization

The Joint Commission urges vigilance and planning in preparation for new connectors | Download Transition Checklists | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Ana McKee, M.D., Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, The Joint Commission

Premier and AHRMM offer free webinars to help you get ready | Read about the blenderized diet study | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Cathie Gosnell, RN, MS, MBA, Clinical Consultant, Premier Safety Institute

Guenter: Study Finds Consistent Flow Rates between Current and New Connectors | Raising Awareness: New Enteral Connectors Webinar Recording | Scott Colburn, Director, CDRH Standards Program, Food and Drug Administration

Panel Prepares Biomeds for Transition to ENFit Connector | GEDSA is a Collaborating Partner with the Medication Safety Collaborative | Raising Awareness: New Enteral Connectors Webinar Recording | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Mary Logan, President and CEO, Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation

Outpatient Surgery Ends with Fatal Misconnection | Learn more about the risk of misconnections | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Peggi Guenter, PhD, RN, Senior Director of Clinical Practice and Advocacy, American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Distributers discuss impact of NEW ENFit connectors | The StayConnected initiative is strengthened by key supporting organizations | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Stephanne Hale, RN, MBA, MHA, Senior Clinical Manager, Novation

Our Inagural Newsletter: Enhancing Patient Safety with New Enteral Device Connections | Meet the GEDSA Leadership Team