Patient receiving enteric feeding using the kangaroo e pump.New tubing and feeding were to be started.Rn had difficulty in spiking the feeding bottle.It would not screw into place and leaked all over the floor.Another e pump safety screw spike with flush bag was obtained.The feeding bottle inserted correctly this time.Next, the tubing pump set was inserted into the pump chamber.The finger tab was placed on the valve, the stretch tubing placed around the rotor and the retainer inserted into the right pocket.The pump was set to prime but no feeding advanced.The rotor and valve assembly were moving but feeding would not advance.A new pump was tried with this tubing and the same thing happened.A third tubing set was tried with the same failure to advance the feeding.This event resulted in a delay in nutritional therapy to the patient.
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