Clinical Research Behind
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pH is the Global Standard for Confirming NG/OG Tube Placement
RightSpotpHยฎ Published Studies
Neonatal Intensive Care Journal, Fall 2015
“Validation Study of the RightSpot Infant pH Indicator for Verificaton of Feeding Tube Placement in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit”
International Journal of Emergency Medicine, July 2013
โValidation of the RightSpot device for determination of gastric pH during nasogastric tube placementโ
โSafety in nasogastric tube placement through POCTโ Lambert C, Hospital Healthcare Europe 2015: 108-109
Publications
โPediatric Nasogastric Tube Placement and Verification: Best Practice Recommendations From the NOVEL Projectโ Sharon Y. Irving, PhD, CRNP, FCCM, FAAN1,2; Gina Rempel, MD, FRCPC3,4; Beth Lyman, RN, MSN, CNSC, FASPEN5; Wednesday Marie A. Sevilla, MD, MPH, CNSC6; LaDonna Northington, DNS, RN, BC7; Peggi Guenter, PhD, RN, FAAN, FASPEN8; and The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition; Nutrition in Clinical Practice Special Report
โNew Opportunities for Verification of Enteral tube Location (NOVEL) projectโ Novel News Aspen January 2018
โThe Story of a Nasogastric Tube Gone Wrongโ Deanna Visscher, Patient Advocate
โConfirming Feeding Tube Placement: Old Habits Die Hardโ BPA PSRS Patient Saf Advis 2006 Dec;3(4):23-30.
โMany Hospitals Still Employ Non-Evidence Based Practices, Including Auscultation, Creating Serious Patient Safety Risk in Nasogastric Tube Placement and Verificationโ Beth Lyman MSN, RN, CNSC, FASPEN, Christine Peyton MS, Brian Lane, MD., Neonatology Today/July 2018/Vol. 13/No. 7
โRightSpotpH Indicator Now Available & Saving Livesโ
โSpotlight on Deahna Visscherโ Patient Safety Movement, April 2018
โMisplaced NG Tubes A Major Patient Safety Riskโ Healthcare Risk Management/Vol. 37/No. 4; 44-45
โNasogastric Tube Placement Verification In Pediatric and Neonatal Patientsโ Farrington M, Cullen L, Lang S, Stewart S, Pediatric Nursing/January-February 2009/Vol. 35/No. 1
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โConfirming nasogastric tube position in the emergency department: pH testing is reliableโ Stock A, Gilbertson H, Babl FE, Pediatr Emerg Care 2008, 24:805-809
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โHold that x-ray: aspirate pH and auscultation prove enternal tube placementโ Neumann MJ, Meyer CT, Dutton JL, Smith R, J Clin Gastroenterol 1995, 20:293-295
โpH and concentrations of pepsin and trypsin in feeding tube aspirates as predictors of tube placementโ Metheny NA, Stewart BJ, Smith L, Yan H, Diebold M, Clouse RE, JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 1997, 21:279-285.
โEffectiveness of pH measurements in predicting feeding tube placement: an updateโ Metheny N, Reed L, Wiersema L, McSweeney M, Wehrle MA, Clark J, Nurs Res 1993, 42:324-331
โConfirmation of Nasogastric Tube (NGT) Placementโ Cincinnati Childrenโs Hospital Medical Center โ Best Evidence Statement (BESt), April 2011
โFollowing the Evidence-Enteral Tube Placement and Verification in Neonates & Young Childrenโ Patricia Clifford, MSN, RNC-NIC; Lauren Heimall, MSN, PCNS-BC; Lori Brittingham, MSN, CNS-ACCNS-N; Katherine Finn Davis, PhD, RN, J Perinat Neonat Nurs Volume 29 Number 2, 149โ161
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โClinical Practice Guidelines: Gastric Tube Placement Verificationโ ENA 2015
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โA Call to Action: The Development of Enteral Access Safety Teamsโ Carol Kemper, PhD, RN, CPHQ; LaDonna Northington, DNS, RN, BC; Kerry Wilder, MBA, BSN, RN; and Deahna Visscher, Nutrition in Clinical Practice, Volume 29 Number 3
โNasogastric Tube Management and Careโ
โResource set Initial placement checks for nasogastric and orogastric tubesโ
โPaediatric Intensive Care Unit Nursing Guideline: Nasogastric tubes: insertion, confirmation of correct position and ongoing managementโ
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Safety Alerts
โVerification of Feeding Tube Placementโ American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) Practice Alert, 2005
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โAACN 2016 Practice Alertโ
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โReducing the harm caused by misplaced nasogastric feeding tubes in adults, children and infantsโ Patient Safety Alert NPSA/2011/PSA002
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โBlind Placement NG Tube Safety Alert,โ Childrenโs Hospital Association (CHA), 2012
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