Hi We are looking at our options for the delivery of enteral feeds across the paediatric population, with neo-nates being an initial focus. This involves low volumes delivered with great accuracy and excludes the typical style of dedicated enteral feed pumps (like Kangaroo's etc).
Part of this involves the use of dedicated syringes and lines to prevent feed/IV cross connection. This is a problem that does occur and typically does not get a good outcome. This leads to the question of what type of syringe driver to use with these dedicated syringes. We could use our normal Alaris Asena GH's, but the enteral feed syringes are not in the syringe library. They may be the same size as another brand that is included, but it is unacceptable to have a mismatch between the actual syringe brand and what they pump recognises. Has anyone given thought to this problem to date. There are a few companies working in the area of the dedicated syringes and sets but we are yet to see the total package that looks like it will do the job safely. Thanks Adrian Richards
