Continuing on the path to patient safety in 2021  |A word from GEDSA Clinical Advisory Board member, Lorraine Linford, RN BSN CNSC | GEDSA Byline | Zhejiang Runqiang Medical Instruments Co., Ltd. joins as NRFit member | Latest Study on Cleaning Regimens | ASPEN's Tube Feeding Series Tube Feeding Awareness Week, Feb. 8-12, 2021 | Events  & Conversion Schedule News

A message from Executive Director, Mike Cusack | ENFit® Transition Tips: 2020 Edition - All 10 tops in one place! | A word from GEDSA Clinical Advisory Board member, Joseph Boullata, PharmD, RPh, CNS-S, FASPEN, FACN  | ASPEN's Tube Feeding Series | Oley Event & ASA Conference dates| Conversion Schedule News

Read the newest GEDSA Article, The Logic of Conversion: How Supply and Demand Affect Your Transition. The ENFit® Transition Tips: Tenth Edition features two Registered Dietitians; Marianne Aloupis, MS, RD, CNSC, LDN from University of Pennsylvania &  Cynthia Reddick, RD, CNSC from Coram/CVS Health. Meet Molly Yeselson our Patient Representative Member of the Clinical Advisory Board. A new tool kit ordering form and more!

ENFit® Transition Tips: Ninth Edition, showing you resources at your fingertips | A word from GEDSA Clinical Advisory Board member, Cynthia Reddick, RD, CNSC. | Feat. in The Joint Commission Newsletter | Feat. in Infusion  | Oley & Mayo Clinic Survey | Conversion Schedule News

ENFit® Transition Tips: Eighth Edition where Beth Lyman MSN, RN, CNSC, FASPEN, FAAN, pairs up with a GEDSA member and calls out some "must have" adapters that will assist your transition. |  Meet CAB Member Chris Falato, PharmD | View the revised ENFit Conversion Schedule

ENFit® Conversion: A Global Perspective | A word from GEDSA Clinical Advisory Board member, Barbara Fleming, MS, APN, RNC-NIC, C-ELBW, Clinical Nurse Specialist-NICU | World Patient Safety Day | ESPEN 2020 | ASHRM 2020 | Tool Kits for Order | StayConnected to Current Market News & COVID19 Resources

ENFit® Transition Tips: Seventh Edition, a focus on syringes & potential outpatient issues | A word from GEDSA Clinical Advisory Board Co-Chair, Ruba Abdelhadi, MD. | Tool Kits for Order | StayConnected to Current Market News & COVID19 Resources

ENFit® Transition Tips: Sixth Edition, a focus on Salem Sump | Announcing Newest GEDSA Members | A word from GEDSA Clinical Advisory Board Member, Jennifer Bonvechio, PharmD, BCPPS | Tool Kits for Order | StayConnected to Current Market News & COVID19 Resources

ENFit® Transition Tips: Fifth Edition, a focus on Blenderized Tube Feeding (BTF)| Announcing New GEDSA Board Members | A word from GEDSA Clinical Advisory Board Mermber, Kim Gorsuch BSN, RN, CNSC | COVID-19 Update & Resources | Tool Kits for Order | StayConnected to Current Market News

ENFit® Transition Tips: Fourth Edition, a focus on Pharmacy | A word from GEDSA Clinical Advisory Board Co-Chair, Beth Lyman | COVID-19 Update & Resources | Tool Kits for Order | StayConnected to Current Market News

ENFit® Transition Tips: Third Edition | A word from our Executive Director, Mike Cusack | ASPEN 2020: Virtual Conference | Tool Kits Coming | StayConnected to Current Market News

ENFit® Transition Tips: Second Edition | Introducing the GEDSA Clinical Advisory Board | ASPEN 2020 Details & where to learn more about ENFit® | NRFit Tool Kits Coming | StayConnected to Current Market News

Important news from the past six months | ENFit® Transition Tips: First Edition | GEDSA at ASPEN 2020

ASPEN 2019: Enteral Access Management, A Refresher Course on Enteral Access Feeding Devices |ENFit : Rx-to-OTC Update | Nutrition Support Lab: Guiding the Nutrition Support Patient Journey from Hospital to Home, an Interactive Workshop | ENFit Tool Kit: Hands on teaching stations are available

ENFit Webinar: Transitioning to ENFit Connectors, A Safer Enteral Feeding System | Webinar Follow-Up Questions for GEDSA | Did you know?: Your Hospital is already half ENFit | ENFit Tool Kit: Hands on teaching stations are available

Banner Health System ENFit Adoption Experience | Let’s Talk: ENFit Regional Summits | ENFit Tool Kit: Hands on teaching stations are available | Raising Awareness: Including your community in your conversation regarding ENFit

ENFit Cleaning Procedures: Let’s Talk: Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles ENFit Regional Summit | GEDSA ENFit Adoption Survey | ENFit Tool Kit | Raising Awareness: Including your discharge planner in your conversation regarding ENFit

ECRI’s Top 10 Technology Hazards for 2018: Slow Adoption of Safer Enteral Feeding Connectors Leaves Patients at Risk | UPDATE: California Hospital ENFit Adoption | The American Society for Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition (ASPEN) recently released a comprehensive report on enteral nutrition | Raising Awareness: Including your discharge planner in your conversation regarding ENFit

ENFit® Supply Concerns: What you Need to Know to Manage Supply During the Transition | Advocate for a Safer Enteral Feeding System – Sign the Petition Today | Regional Summit Registration

ENFit Advocacy Meeting: Efforts for a regulatory push | ENFit Webinar Update | Upcoming Regional Summit Registration | Raising Awareness: Include your Patient Safety Officer in the conversation around ENFit

NEW: ENFit Tool Kit | Successful ENFit Summit held at Wisconsin | Upcoming ENFit webinar schedule | Has your facility set an ENFit "Go-Live"

Stories told by those impacted by misconnections | The StayConnected initiative is strengthened by key supporting organizations

Sentinel Event 57 | Patient Safety Awareness Week | ISO Guidelines for Supporting Implementation of ISO 80369 Standard Series | ENFit Transition Success Story: Valley Children's Hospital | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Robyn Jackin

ENFit Transition Success Story | ENFit Adoption Summit Update | Information about ASPEN CE Accredited Educational Session | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet James Langley, Pharm.D

Update on California Legislation AB444 | Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres (CAPHC) Webinar | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Debby Kasper, RDN, LDN, SNS

Transitioning to ENFit Connectors Webinar | UPDATE: Independence Day & The California Deadline | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Angie Mitchell, Director of Nursing Services at Health Trust Purchasing Group

Final Draft International Standard Passes | UPDATE: ENFit Low Dose Tip performance testing | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Beth Lyman, Senior Clinical Program Coordinator, Children's Mercy Hospital

ENFit® Low Dose Tip Syringe Update: ENFit tip syringe for administering lower doses of medication

ENFit Introduction Dates | Low Dose ENFit tip Syringe | ENFit FAQs | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Pete Phillips, Director, Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory (SMTL)

ENFit™ Tip Syringes for Low Medication Dosing | Low Dose ENFit Tip Syringe Usability Testing | Stay Connected Video | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Colleen Elliott, Director Standards, Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI)

Translated resources | Pharmacy Checklist | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Deborah Pasko, Pharm.D., MHA Director of Medication Safety and Quality,American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP)

Updates to Mandatory California Law | ENFit Timelines have been updated | Enteral FAQs | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Gina Hogan, RN, Clinical Advisory Services Director, MedAssets

ENFit Transition Sets | GEDSA is a collaborating parter with Feeding Tube Awareness Foundation | Joint Commission Sentinel Alert 53 | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Ana McKee, M.D., Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, The Joint Commission

Timeline update for introduction of ENFit | View GEDSA recommendations on ENFit tip syringes | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Mike Schiller, Senior Director, Supply Chain, The Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM)

ENFit Tip Syringes and Medication Dosing | View the most recent AAMI timeline | New Item Numbers | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Terry Longman, International Standards Organization/British Standards Institution Development Consultant

New ENFit™ Connector Availability | The Stay Connected brochure is available in seven languages! | Watch the Stay Connected Video | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Peggi Guenter, PhD, RN, Senior Director of Clinical Practice and Advocacy, American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

FDA Takes Unprecedented Steps to Aid Adoption of New, Safer Connectors | Stay Connected Group 2 Timeline | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Dr. Phoebe Mainland, Liaison between several ISO committees and the World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists

Provisional American National Standard Published | GEDSA recently awarded the George Didomizio Industry Award by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Joan Bishop, Executive Director, The Oley Foundation

Second DIS 80369-3 awaiting approval | TIMING UPDATE: Transition to begin Q1 2015 | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Michael R. Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD (hon.), DPS (hon.), President, Institute for Safe Medication Practices

AHRMM shares best practices for implementation | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Rory Jaffe, MD MBA, Executive Director, California Hospital Patient Safety Organization

The Joint Commission urges vigilance and planning in preparation for new connectors | Download Transition Checklists | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Ana McKee, M.D., Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, The Joint Commission

Premier and AHRMM offer free webinars to help you get ready | Read about the blenderized diet study | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Cathie Gosnell, RN, MS, MBA, Clinical Consultant, Premier Safety Institute

Guenter: Study Finds Consistent Flow Rates between Current and New Connectors | Raising Awareness: New Enteral Connectors Webinar Recording | Scott Colburn, Director, CDRH Standards Program, Food and Drug Administration

Panel Prepares Biomeds for Transition to ENFit Connector | GEDSA is a Collaborating Partner with the Medication Safety Collaborative | Raising Awareness: New Enteral Connectors Webinar Recording | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Mary Logan, President and CEO, Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation

Outpatient Surgery Ends with Fatal Misconnection | Learn more about the risk of misconnections | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Peggi Guenter, PhD, RN, Senior Director of Clinical Practice and Advocacy, American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Distributers discuss impact of NEW ENFit connectors | The StayConnected initiative is strengthened by key supporting organizations | In Support of Safer Connections: Meet Stephanne Hale, RN, MBA, MHA, Senior Clinical Manager, Novation

Our Inagural Newsletter: Enhancing Patient Safety with New Enteral Device Connections | Meet the GEDSA Leadership Team