Enteral Connectors: Improving Quality and Safety

Authors

Michael Smith
Ruba A. Abdelhadi, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow

Files

Document Type

Podcast

Hosts

Michael Smith

Featured Speaker

Ruba Abdelhadi, MD

Length of Episode

9:53

Description

All syringes and tubings used for enteral feeding and medication admission are changing this year.

This change will impact ALL families and clinicians caring for children with feeding tubes.

This change will prevent accidental connections to IV catheters.

The following changes will occur: the end piece of the feeding tubes where the feeding bag tubing connects, the feeding bag pointed end and the syringes used to put medicines in the tubes.

Ruba Abdelhadi, MD is here to discuss all the changes and what it means to your family.

Click here to stream the podcast episode.

Publication Date

6-23-2015

Recommended Citation

Smith, Michael and Abdelhadi, Ruba A., "Enteral Connectors: Improving Quality and Safety" (2015). Transformational Pediatrics Podcast. 2.
https://scholarlyexchange.childrensmercy.org/transformational-peds_podcast/2