Feeding tube securement in critical illness: Implications for safety

Taylor, Stephen J.; Allan, Kaylee; Clemente, Rowan; Marsh, Aidan; Toher, Deirdre

Abstract

© 2018 MA Healthcare Ltd Over 50% of tape-secured feeding tubes are inadvertently lost. The impact of nasal bridle securement on nasogastric (NG) and nasointestinal (NI) tube loss, outcome and duration of use was determined from 1 October 2014 (NG) and 1 January 2010 respectively to 31 December 2017. From this and published data, the potential impact of nasal bridles on major complications was determined. Use of nasal bridles was independently associated with: an 80% reduction in inadvertent NI tube loss (odds ratio (OR): 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.2: 0.12-0.33, p

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 27, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Oct 3, 2018
• Publication Date: Oct 4, 2018
• Deposit Date: Nov 27, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 3, 2019
• Journal: British Journal of Nursing
• Print ISSN: 0966-0461
• Publisher: MA Healthcare
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 18
• Pages: 1036-1041
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2018.27.18.1036
• Keywords: enteral feeding tube, inadvertent feeding tube loss, nasal bridle, safety, securement
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/859091
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2018.27.18.1036
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in British Journal of Nursing, copyright © MA Healthcare, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2018.27.18.1036.
• Contract Date: Nov 27, 2018