CORFLO® ANTI-IV ENTERAL FEEDING SYSTEM
FACT SHEET PRODUCT LITERATURE
Intended for neonatal and pediatric critical care patients, the CORFLO® Anti-IV Enteral Feeding System is designed to prevent the accidental, and potentially fatal, administration of enteral feeding into an intravenous (IV) line or parenteral drugs into an enteral feeding tube. The CORFLO Anti-IV Feeding System accomplishes this through a proprietary connection on its feeding tube that is only compatible with oral tip syringes or the CORFLO Anti-IV Enteral Feeding Set. This unique design makes it virtually impossible or luer syringes or connectors into any portion of the system, creating a safeguard against mishaps where IV and enteral components are inadvertently confused.
How It Works
Feeding Tube: Proprietary feeding port with Orange Anti-IV male connector is only compatible with the CORFLO Anti-IV Feeding Set. Y-side port is compatible with all standard oral tip syringes. Feeding Set: Interchangeable ends fit securely with the Anti-IV male connector on the feeding tube and any size oral syringe. Minibore tubing with orange stripe indicates enteral use only.
Why CORFLO Anti-IV
The Need: Enteral feeding and intravenous drug administration are necessary elements in the treatment and stabilization of critically ill neonatal and pediatric patients. In addition, the need for precise control of enteral feedings in neonates presents a unique challenge due to the use of IV equipment for feeding. Standard enteral and IV systems that are similar in design can be equipped with similar components, making it possible for even trained medical professionals to confuse one for the other.
The Problem: Tubing and catheter misconnection errors are a serious, yet under-reported problem in healthcare organizations.
- Interchangeable Parts: Many misconnection errors are caused by components, including luer connectors, that are compatible and fail to restrict the use of one therapy with the other. This is especially true with enteral and IV systems that are used to feed patients in neonatal and pediatric intensive care.
- Inadvertent Injections: Confusion can lead to the accidental administration of enteral feeding into the bloodstream or IV medication into the digestive system.
- Catastrophic Results: For neonatal or pediatric patients, such mishaps can have dire, potentially deadly, consequences.
- JCAHO Concern: In recognition of this crisis, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) issued a “Sentinel Event Alert” on April 3, 2006 that, among its recommendations, urges healthcare organizations to avoid purchasing “non-intravenous equipment that is equipped with connectors that can physically mate with a female luer IV line connector.”
The CORFLO Anti-IV Solution: The CORFLO Anti-IV Feeding System design is only compatible with oral tip syringes or fittings.
- Enteral Only Proprietary: Anti-IV male connector is only compatible with oral tip syringes or the CORFLO Anti-IV Feeding Set.
- Eliminates Errors: When used as an integrated system*, the design virtually eliminates the accidental injection of IV medication into the enteral tube or the possibility that enteral feeding will be mistakenly infused into an IV line.
*An integrated Anti-IV Enteral Feeding system would be comprised of the CORFLO Anti-IV Feeding Tube and Extension Set along with Oral Syringes for all oral (PO) feedings and medications.