Enteral Device Product Discontinuation Update GEDSA Members and Affiliates Share ENFit® Transition Support & Product Shift Timelines to Increase Patient Safety
March 16, 2022 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time POWELL, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Recently the Global Enteral Device Supplier Association (GEDSA) members and affiliates in the enteral feeding device market have released new communications that reiterate their support for the ENFit® conversion schedule and provide critical updates to company timelines for North American production phase out of legacy enteral connectors.
A complimentary publication of The Joint Commission Issue 53, August 20, 2014 Managing risk during transition to new ISO tubing connector standards Tubing misconnections continue to cause severe patient injury and death, since tubes with different functions can easily be connected using luer connectors, or connections can be “rigged” (constructed) using adapters, tubing or catheters. This is why new ISO (International Organization for Standardization) tubing connector standards are being developed for manufacturers.