As you might be aware, the Global Enteral Device Supplier Association (GEDSA) announced in September of2020that member manufacturers will phase out legacy enteral feeding products and transition adaptors. This transition will meet ISO standard 80369-3, commonly referred to as ENFit™, which aims to maximize patient safety by reducing the risk of enteral tubing misconnections.

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On September 14, 2020, the Global Enteral Device Supplier Association (GEDSA) announced that member manufacturers will phase out legacy enteral feeding products and transition adapters. This transition willmeet ISO standard 80369-3, commonlyreferred to as ENFit™, which aims to maximize patient safety by reducing the risk of enteral tubing misconnections.

On September14, 2020, the Global Enteral Device Supplier Association (GEDSA) announced that member manufacturers willphase out legacy enteral feeding products and transition adapters. This is in order to meet ISO standard 80369-3, commonly referred to as ENFit®,which aims tomaximize patient safety by reducing the risk ofenteraltubing misconnections.

In July of 2020, the Global Enteral Device Suppliers Association (GEDSA) announced the REVISED ENFit®Connector Conversion Schedule: U.S. and Legacy Connector Production Phase Out Dates

Published 3/29/2017 Executive SummaryNumerous reports describe the risks from misconnections of enteral feeding tubing (such as tubes being connected to catheters or to non-enteral tubing), sometimes with fatal outcomes. In response, there is a growing movement toward using a connector design called ENFit.

April 26, 2021 ‐ PSQHNebraska Medicine’s ENFit Conversion Designed to Improve Patient SafetyBy Stacie Ethington, MSN, RN-BCBackgroundAdverse outcomes caused by enteral tubing misconnections are well documented in The Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event Alertfrom August 2014 that states “Tubing misconnections continue to cause severe patient injury and death.” To address the issue, in fall 2020 Nebraska Medicine converted legacy enteral tubes and disposables to be compatible with the ISO 80369-3 standard, also known as ENFit®, that is designed to prevent misconnections and disconnections.

To reduce the risk of wrong route delivery of fluids and gases (tubing misconnections) there is an ongoing effort led by the International Organization for Standardization, ISO 80369, to address small-bore connectors for healthcare applications. The ISO 80369-3 standard for enteral applications has been approved and published to enable manufacturers to adopt a safer connector design which will be used on medical devices providing a safer enteral feeding system.