ISMP Features Article on Medications and Enteral Feeding Tubes

In a featured article entitled “Preventing Errors When Preparing and Administering Medications via Enteral Feeding Tubes,” the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) highlights the complexities of preparing and administering medications via enteral feeding tubes, reviews contributing factors to errors and provides several challenging case vignettes. ISMP provides safe practice recommendations to prevent errors and reviews several resources available to help practitioners including, but not limited to, the Guidebook on Enteral Medication Administration.