title: Using pH testing to confirm nasogastric tube position.
abstract: In 2004 the MHRA published a directive for all hospitals in the UK to use pH paper in place of litmus paper when testing position of nasogastric tubes (NGT). This article illustrates one trust's implementation of this process of change in order to achieve compliance.
authors.affiliation: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Earley
mesh_terms: D005745:Gastric Acidity Determination / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation