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Nasogastric tube placement: changing culture. 2011

Mark Eveleigh, and Robert Law, and Anne Pullyblank, and Joanne Bennett

University Hospitals Bristol.

The Department of Health recognises that feeding through a misplaced nasogastric feeding tube is largely preventable if appropriate steps are taken, and lists it as a never event. After one such never event at a trust, a team of senior clinical staff, senior nursing staff, radiographers, dietitians and medical educational staff were involved in tackling the causes of the problem. This article discusses the steps they took to change trust culture to make placing nasogastric feeding tubes a safer procedure.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007441	Intubation, Gastrointestinal	The insertion of a tube into the stomach, intestines, or other portion of the gastrointestinal tract to allow for the passage of food products, etc.	Intubation, Nasogastric,Gastrointestinal Intubation,Gastrointestinal Intubations,Intubations, Gastrointestinal,Intubations, Nasogastric,Nasogastric Intubation,Nasogastric Intubations
D010348	Patient Care Team	Care of patients by a multidisciplinary team usually organized under the leadership of a physician; each member of the team has specific responsibilities and the whole team contributes to the care of the patient.	Health Care Team,Interdisciplinary Health Team,Medical Care Team,Multidisciplinary Care Team,Multidisciplinary Health Team,Healthcare Team,Care Team, Health,Care Team, Medical,Care Team, Multidisciplinary,Care Team, Patient,Care Teams, Health,Care Teams, Patient,Health Care Teams,Health Team, Interdisciplinary,Health Team, Multidisciplinary,Healthcare Teams,Interdisciplinary Health Teams,Medical Care Teams,Multidisciplinary Care Teams,Multidisciplinary Health Teams,Patient Care Teams,Team, Health Care,Team, Healthcare,Team, Interdisciplinary Health,Team, Medical Care,Team, Multidisciplinary Care,Team, Multidisciplinary Health,Team, Patient Care,Teams, Interdisciplinary Health
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D015279	Organizational Culture	Beliefs and values shared by all members of the organization. These shared values, which are subject to change, are reflected in the day to day management of the organization.	Corporate Culture,Corporate Cultures,Culture, Corporate,Culture, Organizational,Cultures, Corporate,Cultures, Organizational,Organizational Cultures