Enteral feeding misconnections: a consortium position statement.

Peggi Guenter; Rodney W Hicks; Debora Simmons; Jay Crowley; Stephanie Joseph; Richard Croteau; Cathie Gosnell; Nancy G Pratt; Timothy W Vanderveen

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Enteral feeding misconnections: a consortium position statement.

May 7, 2008

Guenter P, Hicks RW, Simmons D, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34(5):285-92, 245.

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This article describes factors contributing to errors in enteral nutrition delivery and offers strategies to prevent medical tubing misconnections.

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