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August 12, 2022

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Supply Chain Benefits of ISO Standardization to the ENFit Enteral Feeding Connector

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July 19, 2022

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Supply Chain Benefits of ISO Standardization to the ENFit® Enteral Feeding Connector

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July 11, 2022

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GEDSA US Children's Conversion Rates Flyer

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June 27, 2022

www.va.gov/

Veterans Affairs AD22-01 | Patient Safety Advisory: Conversion to enteral products (e.g., feeding tubes, adapters, syringes) with ENFit® connectors

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May 12, 2022

cardinalhealth.com

Cardinal Health helps tube-fed patients and caregivers: Announces Conversion to ENFit® Enteral Feeding Connectors

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March 16, 2022

businesswire.com

Press Release: Enteral Device Product Discontinuation Update: GEDSA Members and Affiliates Share ENFit® Transition Support & Product Shift Timelines to Increase Patient Safety

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March 15, 2022

StayConnected.org

GEDSA Unifed ENFit Conversion Message

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January 26, 2022

cardinalhealth.com

Cardinal Health ENFit Timeline Update January 2022

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January 01, 2022

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ECRI Article in TechNation Magazine January 2022

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December 14, 2021

businesswire.com

GEDSA Announces New Executive Director following Retirement of Previous Director: New Leadership in Non-Profit Focused on Patient Safety

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November 23, 2021

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A Case Study: The Cap That Protects Children

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November 02, 2021

Business Wire

GEDSA Supports FDA Safety Communication on ENFit® Low Dose Tip Syringe

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October 25, 2021

anzca.edu

NRFit Progress in Australia & Conversion in New Zealand Hospital

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October 12, 2021

fda.gov

Potential for Medication Overdose with ENFit Low Dose Tip Syringe: FDA Safety Communication

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September 21, 2021

ASHP.org

Podcast: ISMP Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Hospitals #4 and #5 - oral liquid medication packaging, ENFit syringe conversion, and use of metric scale oral liquid dosing devices

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August 25, 2021

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A Conversation with the FDA on Irrigation Bag Connections

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August 19, 2021

www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk

Medovate secures CE Mark approval for five of SAFIRA’s components

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August 02, 2021

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Acute Care: ISMP Medication Safety Alert

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July 14, 2021

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Medela's Support Statement of ENFit® Connector Conversion Schedule: U.S. and Legacy Connector Production Phase Out Dates

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July 13, 2021

Business Wire

GEDSA Members End Production of Legacy Enteral Connectors

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July 12, 2021

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A Look Into the Nature and Causes of Human Errors

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July 02, 2021

American Nurse

Evidence-based strategies to prevent enteral nutrition complications

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July 01, 2021

StayConnected.org

Assessing dosing errors in legacy and low dose tip ENFit® syringes

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June 28, 2021

StayConnected.org

Dispelling 6 Myths About ENFIT® Enteral Feeding Connectors

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May 25, 2021

StayConnected.org

Avanos Position Statment on ENFit Conversion Schedule in U.S. & Canada

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May 20, 2021

ISMP.org

ISMP Medication Safety Alert: Misconnection between Cecostomy and Gastrostomy

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May 07, 2021

oley.org

Oley Foundation: Enteral Connectors Summit

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April 28, 2021

old.stayconnected.org

Understanding the ENFit Enteral Feeding Connector

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April 26, 2021

Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare

Five Tips for Smooth Adoption of Safer Enteral Connectors: Nebraska Medicine’s ENFit Conversion Designed to Improve Patient Safety

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April 23, 2021

NCBI

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention

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April 06, 2021

youtube.com

What Patients Need Their Doctors To Know: Keeping the CARE in Healthcare presented by Paul Wischmeyer, MD, EDIC

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March 03, 2021

www.medicalnutritionindustry.com

Why is Nutritional Care Important for Patients with COVID-19 Across the Healthcare Continuum

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February 27, 2021

www.jointcommission.org

Reminder: Phase out dates coming up for ISO standard on legacy feeding devices, adaptors

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February 26, 2021

PRWeb

Japan Health System Improves Patient Safety with Adoption of NRFit™ Neuraxial Connectors

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February 24, 2021

youtube.com

Experience in Adopting the ENFit System to Guard Against Accidental Tubing Misconnections

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February 12, 2021

www.youtube.com

Oley Foundation Webinar: "Getting Comfortable with a Feeding Tube"

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January 25, 2021

alsnewstoday.com

Patients, Caregivers in UK to Help Design Tool for Feeding Tube Decisions

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January 22, 2021

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Effect of Daikenchuto for mechanically ventilated patients with enteral feeding intolerance: a propensity score‐matched analysis using a nationwide administrative inpatient database

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January 13, 2021

StayConnected.org

Enteral GBUK's Support Statement of ENFit® Connector Conversion Schedule: U.S. and Legacy Connector Production Phase Out Dates

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January 08, 2021

oaoa.com

Qosina Adds 12 New Fluid and Gas Filters to Its Inventory

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January 07, 2021

ASPEN.org

Peggi Guenter Receives ASPEN Lifetime Achievement Award

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December 29, 2020

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Enteral Nutrition Safety With Advanced Treatments (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Prone Positioning, and Infusion of Neuromuscular Blockers)

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December 28, 2020

medsurgnursing.net

ENFit Cleaning Validation Study 2020: Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing the Effectiveness of Two Cleaning Regimens for ENFit® Connectors

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December 27, 2020

healthcarebusinesstoday.com

Adoption of Safer Enteral Connections Key to Patient Safety

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December 22, 2020

StayConnected.org

ENFit® Transition Tip Sheets: 2020 Edition

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December 17, 2020

patientsafetyj.com

Patient Safety Journal: December 2020 | No. 4
Page 58 for Safer Enteral Nutrition Syringes

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December 16, 2020

ASPEN.org

ASPEN Newsletter: Parenteral Amino Acids Products Shortage, Parenteral Multiple Vitamins Products Shortage

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December 14, 2020

prweb.com

Real Food Blends Launches 4th Annual 12 Days of Holiday Magic Campaign

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December 14, 2020

lamberteatonnews.com

Tube Feeding in LEMS: Will I Ever Need It?

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December 10, 2020

prweb.com

Real Food Blends Awarded Contract With Vizient

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December 04, 2020

cheshire.media

Demand for Enteral Feeding Devices Temporarily Amid COVID-19 Outbreak, WMR Study: Cook Medical, Moog, Fresenius

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December 01, 2020

aapgrandrounds.aappublications.org

Early Enteral Feeding in Acute Pancreatitis

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November 30, 2020

michiganradio.org

Eight months after getting COVID-19, one Kalamazoo woman is still battling the effects

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November 26, 2020

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Enteral Feeding Intolerance: Updates in Definitions and Pathophysiology

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November 17, 2020

old.stayconnected.org

The Logic of Conversion: How Supply and Demand Affect Your Transition

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November 12, 2020

alsnewstoday.com

An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure (Benjamin Franklin, 1736) | Feeding Tubes & ALS

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November 12, 2020

pharmacypracticenews.com

The Power—and Peril—of Protein in the ICU

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November 11, 2020

biospace.com

Largest real-world study of Phagenyx® demonstrates significant benefits of treatment in patients with unsafe swallowing (neurogenic dysphagia) resulting from multiple causes

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November 03, 2020

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Vesco Medical Response to GEDSA Letter on Updated ENFit Connector Conversion Schedule

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October 28, 2020

aadcnews.com

Feeding Tubes for AADC Deficiency

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October 27, 2020

StayConnected.org

ENFit® Transition Tip Sheet: Ninth Edition | Resources at Your Fingertips

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October 27, 2020

pompediseasenews.com

Feeding Tubes for Pompe Disease

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October 23, 2020

cardinalhealth.com

Cardinal Health Response to GEDSA Letter on Updated ENFit Connector Conversion Schedule

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October 22, 2020

aspen.informz.net

ASPEN Clinical Webinars Oct 27, Oct. 28, Nov. 4 & Nov. 18, 2020

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October 21, 2020

heraldmailmedia.com

Specialized Nutrition Pioneer Nutricia Welcomes Real Food Blends

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October 19, 2020

youtube.com

ASPEN's Blenderized Tube Feeding Video Series

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October 19, 2020

cambridgenetwork.co.uk

Medovate signs exclusive agreement with Vygon to distribute regional anaesthesia device

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October 15, 2020

yahoo.com

Meet the nurse who created tube-feeding onesies for newborns

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October 15, 2020

delcotimes.com

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Dietitian Creates Blenderized Tube Feed Recipe Builder to Help Families with Tube-Fed Children Provide Real Food, Meet Nutritional Needs

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October 07, 2020

youtube.com

MNI: From Hospital to Home with Parenteral Nutrition (English)

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October 05, 2020

beckershospitalreview.com

An often-overlooked source of nursing frustration + how to tackle it

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October 02, 2020

pharmacytimes.com

Nymalize Changes Formulation and Packaging

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October 01, 2020

www.jointcommission.org

The Joint Commission's Physician Leader Monthly: October 2020 | feat. GEDSA White Paper

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September 30, 2020

NHIA.org

Misconnections and the Emergence of Enteral Nutrition Connectors for Patient Safety

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September 29, 2020

StayConnected.org

ENFit® Transition Tip Sheet: Eighth Edition | Adaptors & Salem Sump Tubes

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September 23, 2020

alsnewstoday.com

Using Liquid Medications with Feeding Tubes

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September 23, 2020

sanfilipponews.com

Feeding Tubes for Sanfilippo Syndrome Patients

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September 16, 2020

rcni.com

Nursing Standard podcast: enteral feeding and its effects on patients

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September 14, 2020

StayConnected.org

REVISED ENFit® Connector Conversion Schedule: U.S. and Canada Legacy Connector Production Phase Out Dates

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August 25, 2020

StayConnected.org

ENFit Conversion: A Global Perspective

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August 25, 2020

StayConnected.org

ENFit® Transition Tip Sheet: Seventh Edition | Syringes & Outpatient Issues

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July 16, 2020

ISMP.org

NRFit: A Global “Fit” for Neuraxial Medication Safety

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July 16, 2020

ISMP.org

ISMP Medication Safety Alert | NRFit: A global “fit” for neuraxial medication safety

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July 05, 2020

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Letter to the editor regarding dosing accuracy of female low dose syringes

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June 30, 2020

StayConnected.org

ENFit® Transition Tip Sheet: Sixth Edition | Salem Sump

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June 28, 2020

nepatientsafety.org

Preparing for ENFit Conversion, Nebraska Medicine

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June 02, 2020

go.bd.com

BD UniVia™ RightFit Syringe Project Cancellation Letter

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May 29, 2020

StayConnected.org

ENFit® Transition Tip Sheet: Fifth Edition | Blenderized Tube Feeding (BTF)

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April 28, 2020

StayConnected.org

ENFit® Transition Tip Sheet: Fourth Edition | Pharmacy

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April 23, 2020

cvshealth.com

Home Care Dietitians Improve Tube Feeding Patient Outcomes

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April 13, 2020

StayConnected.org

A Statement from GEDSA: COVID-19 and Conversion

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April 02, 2020

ASHP.com

Free Access to Headspace During COVID-19 Crisis from ASHP

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April 02, 2020

nutritioncare.org

ASPEN: Resources for Clinicians Caring for Patients with Coronavirus

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April 01, 2020

Wiley Online Library

ASPEN's Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Adult Critically Ill Patient

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April 01, 2020

nutritioncare.org

ASPEN: Nutrition Therapy in the Patient with COVID-19 Disease Requiring ICU Care

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March 27, 2020

StayConnected.org

ENFit® Transition Tip Sheet: Third Edition

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March 06, 2020

AHRMM YouTube Channel

AHRMM Webinar Reducing the Risk of Medical Device Misconnections

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February 29, 2020

StayConnected.org

ENFit® Transition Tip Sheet: Second Edition

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February 28, 2020

www.ecri.org

Member Manufacturers from ​GEDSA Will Phase Out Production of Legacy (Non-ENFit) Devices Starting on July 1, 2020

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January 29, 2020

Wiley Online Library

bFed™ System, an Alternative to Pump, Gravity Drip or Syringe Bolus Feeding

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January 24, 2020

www.old.stayconnected.org

ENFit® Transition Tip Sheet: First Edition

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December 19, 2019

www.ismp.org

Information Provided by ISMP Medication Safety Alert 12-19-2019

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December 17, 2019

PR Newswire

NeoMed Awarded US Patent for ENFit® Low Dose Tip Syringe

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November 13, 2019

ISMP.org

ECRI Institute and Institute for Safe Medication Practices Join Forces to Enhance Patient Safety

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September 20, 2019

Mayo Clinic YouTube Channel

Mayo Clinic: Using Your ENFit® Feeding Tube

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July 01, 2019

Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency

PMDA News Release - Introduction to ISO 80369-3 Safety Standards

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March 15, 2019

StayConnected

GEDSA White Paper on Safe Enteral Connectors

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March 13, 2019

BRASPEN Journal

BRASPEN Journal: “Stay Connected” Campaign

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March 07, 2019

innovationinfo.org

To NRFit or not to NRFit?

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September 07, 2018

fda.gov

U.S. FDA Addresses Healthcare Providers to Use Safer Enteral Device Connectors

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July 01, 2018

ISMP.org

A Successful ENFit Launch Still Won’t Stop All Incidents of Oral Medications Given Intravenously

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December 01, 2017

ISMP

ISMP's Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Hospitals - 4. Medications that are not commercially available in unit dose packaging are dispensed by the pharmacy in an oral or ENFit syringe

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November 01, 2017

ECRI Institute

ECRI's Top 10 Technology Hazards 2018 - 10. Slow adoption of the ENFit enteral feeding system

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April 26, 2017

ECRI

ECRI Institute Releases Alert on Preventing Enteral Tubing Misconnections

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March 29, 2017

ECRI

Implementing the ENFit Initiative for Preventing Enteral Tubing Misconnections

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March 16, 2017

American Society of Regional Anesthesia

What Is ISO 80369-6:2016?

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March 04, 2017

Internatinal Organization of Standardization

ISO Guideline for the implementation of medical products using small bore connectors specified in the ISO 80369 series

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March 01, 2017

The Joint Commission

Sentinel Event Alert 57: The essential role of leadership in developing a safety culture

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February 10, 2017

HomeCare Magazine

Changes in Feeding Tube Connectors that Affect Patient Populations

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October 08, 2016

BAPEN

ENFit Phase 2

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October 04, 2016

FDA - U.S. Food & Drug Adminsitration

FDA Updates Information on Reducing Risks Associated with Medical Device Misconnections

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September 08, 2016

Feeding Tube Awareness Foundation

Feeding Tube Awareness- What you need to know about ENFit®

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April 21, 2016

ISMP Medication Safety Alert; April 21, 2016

Another twist in the ENFit implementation process

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February 11, 2015

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: Food & Drug Administration

FDA: Safety Considerations to Mitigate the Risks of Misconnections with Small-bore Connectors Intended for Enteral Applications: Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff

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January 20, 2015

Leading Age

How ENFit Enteral Feeding Connectors Are Helping Raise the Standard of Care

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December 17, 2014

AAMI Podcast

AAMI Episode 5: Tackling the Challenge of Tubing Misconnections

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December 09, 2014

Institute for Safe Medication Practices

Cheers Award Winners

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September 02, 2014

HospiMedica International

New Feeding Tube Connectors Improve Patient Safety

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August 20, 2014

The Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert 53

Sentinel Event Alert 53: Managing risk during transition to new ISO tubing connector standards

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August 20, 2014

Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation

TJC Issues Alert In Preparation for New Tubing Connector Standards

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August 14, 2014

ISMP Medication Safety Alert

URGENT! Health Systems Need to Plan NOW for Upcoming Changes in Enteral Feeding Device Connectors

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August 01, 2014

Healthcare Purchasing News

Nutrition quality, safety drive optimal outcomes

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June 01, 2014

APSF Newsletter

Improving Patient Safety: Collaboration, Innovation, Connection

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April 30, 2014

American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Raising Awareness: New Enteral Connectors

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February 01, 2014

The Hospitalist

Campaign Seeks to Improve Small-Bore Tubing Misconnections

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December 16, 2013

Leading Age

New Design Standards to Prevent Tubing Misconnections

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September 26, 2013

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Tubing and Luer Misconnections: Preventing Dangerous Medical Errors

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September 01, 2013

Acacia Neonatal Blog

What is GEDSA to the Neonatal Clinician?

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