Detection of improperly positioned feeding tubes

✍ Scribed by Norma A. Metheny; Myra A. Aud; Donna D. Ignatavicius

• Book ID: 102894513
• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 797 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1074-4797
• DOI: 10.1002/jhrm.5600180307

✦ Synopsis

This article describes potentially disastrous outcomes associated with failure to determine when nasally inserted feeding tubes are improperly positioned. It also presents information that is important for risk managers to consider when developing protocols for testing placement of newly inserted feeding tubes.