Labor & deliver epidural review - anyone using NRFit?

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Thu, 02/28/2019 - 14:28

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Lindsey M Eick

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Labor & deliver epidural review - anyone using NRFit?

Hi All
Our institution has recently completed a risk assessment on the use of epidurals in our L&D population (based on ISMP safety alert from 10/4/18). One of the recommendations from ISMP is to use 'unique neuraxial connectors.' When looking into these connectors (NRFit) it appears that they are 4x the cost of our typical epidural tubing (~$7/set vs ~$28/set).
Has anyone implemented the use of these neuraxial connectors, and if so, were you able to get the cost down? does anyone use any other strategies to hopefully prevent accidentally hooking up an epidural to an IV line (besides bag labeling/storage)? someone mentioned placing a lock over the bag port on epidurals as an extra warning.
Thanks
Lindsey