Tubing Misconnections: A Preventable Error and Avoidable Fatality– Part 1

By AHRMM
Learn how deadly tubing misconnections occur and why the change in design to ENFit and other new unique enteral and neuraxial small bore connectors is critical for preventing patient harm.
 
Presenter: Debora Simmons, PhD, RN, CCNS, FAAN, Associate professor, UT Health

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