Necessity Of Administering Low Dose Solution With a Low Dose Tip Syringe
Having a patient in the hospital is definitely a cause for concern. The family of the patient is anxious about the safety measures, often more than the care giver. However, it is best to leave it to the experts at the medical facility. A new born child requires a number of medications along with proper nutrition that is often has to be provided by means of a tube. It is of utmost importance not to mix up the connectors required for a specific procedure.
The manufacturers have taken a unique step to prevent misconnections of tubing at present. The brand of paient safe connectors is syringes including adaptors go by the term ENFit and every manufacturer is required to make the transition within a specific period of time. The pharmacy bottle adapter from ENFit easily connects to the ENFit syringe but is not compatible with anything else. This is a huge step forward for ensuring total safety of the patients. The dispenser along with the nurse and other care givers required to medicate a neonate or a grievously ill individual needs to adhere to the following regulations
The adaptor should to be pushed down firmly into the neck of the medicine bottle so that there is no gap left.
The new &empty syringe should then be pushed into the adaptor with the plunger going down slowly
The bottle must be tilted and the plunger pulled up to the mark so that the medicine gets filled into the syringe. Care must be taken to ensure that there are 0 air bubbles within the syringe. A light taping on the syringe is the best way to ascertain it
The syringe can be pulled out after the bottle is put back in its original straight position. The adaptor has to remain within the bottle with the original lid of the bottle screwed back in
It is of utmost importance to use both the 1ml as well as the 2.5ml syringes by ENFit along with the corresponding bottle adaptor so that there is no fluid on the tip of the syringe. Buying the medicine and the equipment from a community pharmacy will not ensure the supply of the ENFit syringes and bottle adaptors along with it. They may have to be sourced from a different supplier. The adaptors come in a variety of sizes as well that can fit into standard sized bottles.
The efficiency of ENFit syringes for administration of low dose solution was tested by the members of GEDSA who found that a low dose tip was needed for small sized syringes that could hold 5ml or less amount fluid. The results were found to be satisfactory as long as the syringes were employed perfectly as per the instructions.
The accuracy was gauged to be equivalent to the ‘standard orientation’ i.e. male oral and enteral syringes. The low dose tips by ENFit were also found to remove the possibility of misconception to a great degree thereby making it a safe clinical product.
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