May 28, 2019 | Tuesday Tube Facts
New York State Public Health Law requires that nasogastric tubes for patient feeding must be the smallest possible and not exceed 12 Fr in diameter unless medically indicated.*
In addition, the feeding tube must be made of a soft, flexible material and specifically manufactured for nasogastric feeding.*
May 21, 2019 | Tuesday Tube Facts
In the United Kingdom, administering enteral therapy into a misplaced feeding tube is considered a Never Event.*
Never events are defined as ‘serious incidents that are wholly preventable because guidance or safety recommendations that provide strong systemic barriers are available at a national level and should have been implicated by all healthcare providers’.*
| NHS England Patient Safety Domain. Revised never events policy and framework; 2015. https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/never-evnts-pol-framwrkapr.pdf. Accessed 20 May 2019. |
May 14, 2019 | Tuesday Tube Facts
Of the 1.2 million small bore feeding tubes placed, about 0.1-0.3% of patients die as a result of blind misplacement.*
About 1.2–2 percent of small bore feeding tubes that are placed blindly at the bedside enter the airway undetected. *
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* Krenitsky, J. Blind Bedside Placement of Feeding Tubes: Treatment or Threat? Practical Gastroenterology. 2011; March, 32-42. |
May 7, 2019 | Tuesday Tube Facts
There are nearly 249,000 adult patients who rely on home enteral nutrition.*
This accounts for 60% of home care patients with enteral access devices. *
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Mundi, M. S., Pattinson, A. , McMahon, M. T., Davidson, J. and Hurt, R.
T. (2017), Prevalence of Home Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition in the
United States. Home Nutrition Support, 32: 799-805.
doi:10.1177/0884533617718472[IMC1] |
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