title: Misplacements of Enteral Feeding Tubes Increase After Hospitals Switch Brands.
abstract: The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System is a confidential, statewide Internet reporting system to which all Pennsylvania hospitals, outpatient-surgery facilities, birthing centers, and abortion facilities must file information on incidents and serious events. Safety Monitor is a column from Pennsylvania's Patient Safety Authority, the authority that informs nurses on issues that can affect patient safety and presents strategies they can easily integrate into practice. For more information on the authority, visit www.patientsafetyauthority.org. For the original article discussed in this column or for other articles on patient safety, click on "Patient Safety Advisories" and then "Advisory Library" in the left-hand navigation menu.
authors.affiliation: Susan C. Wallace is a patient safety analyst and Lea Anne Gardner is a senior patient safety analyst at the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority in Plymouth Meeting, PA. This article is adapted from "Training Suggested When Changing Brands of Enteral Feeding Tubes," which appeared in a publication of the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority: Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory 2014;11(2):78-81. Contact author: Susan C. Wallace, swallace@ecri.org. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
authors.forename: Susan C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: Lea Anne
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Gardner
mesh_terms: D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D061214:Patient Safety; D010414:Pennsylvania