How Did Clinics & Caregivers Adhere To The New Standards Via ISO Connectors
Being able to receive quality health care is of utmost importance. Sure, you may be covered by a health insurance in order to keep your costs down but the hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies that deal with medical equipments need to adhere to certain standards during the course of the treatment. With the passing of California Resolution that forbids using connectors that can fit into multiple ports easily and be used for making epidural, intravenous or enteral feeding connections, the medical community and establishments have gone into a tizzy to make the transition to ENFit Compatible Connectors as quickly as possible.
However, a number of individuals engaged with the distribution and selling of connectors are perplexed at the sudden change. It would definitely help you to understand the facts and then make the transition to the new standard for ISO Connectors without any trouble.
Why Do You Have To Make The Change?
The reasons are simple enough. A single glance at the list of atrocious mistakes caused by faulty connections due to the tubing is enough to leave you horrified. With instances of a Foley catheter being connected to a NG tube and IVs being connected to feeding tubes, the examples are unlimited. It makes sense therefore to ensure that enteral devices should be compatible only with devices meant for the same purpose. This will help in avoiding misconnections and ensure the well-being of the patient.
What are the changes?
The changes had been rolled out slowly in phases beginning from the first quarter of 2015. The transition is going to affect everything from syringes to enteral feeding tubes as well as administration sets. However, the low potential feeding tubes that bypass the stomach such as the gastric and gastro-jejunal tubes(G,J, GJ) will not be subject to any alterations.
While a number of users had been worried about the slow process, the efficacy of it has been proved with careful handling of each process so that no important issue remained unnoticed. The long timeline for the entire process has enabled the medical equipment suppliers & manufacturers to get used to the new rules with enough time to make the transition smoothly so that the health of patients are not compromised in any way.
How did care givers and hospitals/clinics dealt with the transition
Studied the do’s and don’ts related to the connectors and made sure that the tubing that they are using are compliant with the new regulations.
Took care to educate themselves about the products that needed to be changed within the due date
Learned the different phases of transition and made sure that the ones they used subscribed to the norms
Made sure to use all products that required to be changed as soon as possible without ordering new supplies immediately
Made the transition smoothly by taking it slowly step by step with the help of a detailed checklist prepared by the GEDSA (Global Enteral Device Supplier Association)
Studied the process of usage carefully and administered the fluids/oxygen/drugs carefully
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