ASPEN parenteral nutrition safety consensus recommendations.

Phil Ayers; Stephen Adams; Joseph I. Boullata; Jane Gervasio; Beverly Holcombe; Michael Kraft; Neil Marshall; Antoinette Neal; Gordon S. Sacks; David Seres; Patricia Worthington; American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

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ASPEN parenteral nutrition safety consensus recommendations.

December 11, 2013

Ayers P, Adams S, Boullata JI, et al. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2014;38(3):296-333.

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This publication outlines practice recommendations to prevent errors associated with parenteral nutrition.

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