To reduce the frequency of medical tubing misconnections, an international group of clinicians, manufacturers and regulators, such as the FDA, is collaborating with the International Organization of Standardization (ISO) and the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) to develop ISO 80369 standards. Unique international standard designs will promote better patient safety and help ensure that connectors for unrelated delivery systems are incompatible. The program that is helping introduce the new standards is called the Stay Connected initiative for using safer connectors.