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FDA Works to Address Amino Acids Shor...
On November 30th, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, FDA Commissioner issued an update on the Puerto Rico-related drug shortages that included this information about the amino acids shortages:
“In addition to our ongoing concerns related to IV saline products, we also are particularly focused on the shortage of amino acids for injection. This product is of [...]
Affordable Care Act Statement from AS...
Many of our US members, on behalf of our patients, have expressed concerns as to what will happen with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the patient protections that it provides. The biggest concern is the fear that the bill will be repealed without a suitable replacement program. ASPEN wants to ensure that health care coverage is accessible [...]
What is Happening with A.S.P.E.N. and...
Photo by ttarasiuk via Flickr Creative Commons
What is Happening with A.S.P.E.N. and Public Policy
By Peggi Guenter, PhD, RN, FAAN;
Senior Director for Clinical Practice, Quality, and Advocacy, A.S.P.E.N.
The Public Policy Committee of A.S.P.E.N., currently chaired by Sharon Durfee, RPh, BCNSP, and formerly chaired by Lynne Murphy, MSN, RN, h [...]
Coming Soon to Your Enteral Device
By Peggi Guenter, PhD, RN, A.S.P.E.N.’s Senior Director of Clinical Practice, Quality, and Advocacy
The New Enteral Connectors Are Coming!
Caution: tubing misconnections are a real threat.Photo by David Goehring via Flickr Creative Commons.
New connectors that will make enteral nutrition safer for patients will be coming this fall, pending FD [...]
It’s Feeding Tube Awareness Wee...
By Traci Nagy on behalf of the Feeding Tube Awareness Foundation.
Feeding Tube Awareness Week is February 9 – 15, 2014. This year’s theme is “Nothing Can Hold Us Back.” The week will highlight the resilience in overcoming challenges.
As clinicians, you are the front line, the first contacts that we families and tube feeders have. You can mak [...]
Forced Tube Feedings of Hunger Strike...
Yimin Chen
by A.S.P.E.N. Guest Blogger Yimin Chen
As many of your are aware, the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) recently released a statement responding to recent articles and videos relating to the topic of forced tube feedings of hunger strikers in Guantanamo Bay. The statement includes a list of f [...]
HPN Awareness Week
Used with permission from The Oley Foundation.
A.S.P.E.N. is joining The Oley Foundation in spreading the word about home parenteral nutrition, and in the process dispelling misinformation and assumptions, as we celebrate HPN Awareness Week, August 5 through August 11. A.S.P.E.N. encourages clinicians and consumers to get involved by particip [...]
Enteral Nutrition Saves Baby Red Pand...
Photo by Dana Flannery via Public Domain.
Animals in the news: enteral nutrition has saved the life of a baby red panda born at the Sacramento Zoo last month. The panda is being raised by hand and fed by tube by the zoo’s staff. After the panda’s mother showed inconsistent care, the panda, the first offspring of its parents, was failing to ga [...]
Relief on the Drug Shortages Front Af...
Clinicians and patients affected by drug shortages may soon feel some relief. The FDA has announced that multi-trace element products and a phosphate injection product will be imported to the United States to alleviate shortages. Additionally, a supply of cupric chloride has been made available through Hospira.
These products come in timely s [...]
Happy National Nurses’ Day!
Did you know that today is National Nurses’ Day?
National Nurses’ Day is part of the weeklong celebration National Nurses’ Week, which runs May 6 – May 12. May 12 is the birthday of the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale.
Nurses’ Day and Nurses’ Week has been celebrated in some capacity since 1953 as a way to recognize nurses for [...]
