Kangaroo pump feedings not administering accurate amounts of enteral feeds.Ex 31+4 wker, now 40 wks receiving enteral feeds via kangaroo pump @ 19ml/hr.Pt has not had good weight gain trend over last few weeks.Rn noticed that a large amount of enteral feed was left in the bag at the time when feeding bag was due to be rinsed.Rn switched to syringe pump for feeding sand ran kangaroo pump into a bucket.When the kangaroo pump stated it had given 49 mls of feedings, only 40ml was in the bucket.According to the instructions for the kangaroo pump found online, "this enteral feeding pump should only be used for patients who can tolerate the flow rates and accuracy levels delivered by the pump.Premature infants may require higher accuracy rates than specified for this enteral pump.The manual also states that the feeds can be +/- 4% of the desire volume.Do not use kangaroo pump for the nicu population.Use syringe pumps or find a different, more accurate pump.20% discrepancy between what pump said it dispensed and what was measured as output for this patient.Technician's comments: rounded for unit in room.Removed it and brought it for testing.Checked unit's condition and ran unit verification 3 times.All tests passed.This is all the information we have available.
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