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Medical line entanglement: The unspoken patient safety hazard of medical devices.

Cara H LarimerVanessa SumnerDiane Wander
Published in: Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (2023)
This survey demonstrates the need for healthcare facilities to develop programs for managing risks of MLE and for healthcare teams and caregivers to discuss prevention methods whenever an at-risk patient is sent home with a medical device that poses a risk for entanglement.
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