Comments on: Intravenous connection error http://www.ivteam.com/intravenous-connection-error/ IV news and views from IVTEAM Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:04:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: deborah bolton http://www.ivteam.com/intravenous-connection-error/#comment-120 deborah bolton Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:27:08 +0000 http://www.ivteam.com/?p=333#comment-120 This has happened in the UK also Should there be a call from IV Nurses to ask manufacturers again about use of universal joints that allow IV medication to be givem through VP shunts, arterial lines, enteral feeding lines and epidurals? I believe that each piece of kit should have a dedicated connector, to reduce the risk. ie. a round peg into a round hole and a square peg into a square one! This has happened in the UK also

Should there be a call from IV Nurses to ask manufacturers again about use of universal joints that allow IV medication to be givem through VP shunts, arterial lines, enteral feeding lines and epidurals?

I believe that each piece of kit should have a dedicated connector, to reduce the risk. ie. a round peg into a round hole and a square peg into a square one!

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