--- title: A Year Without a Stuck Feeding Tube Report | Yewtwist description: About half of NG tubes were cemented stuck. 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[Testimonials](https://yewtwist.com/testimonials?hsLang=en) 2. Children’s hospitals - Children’s hospital - Feeding tubes # A year without a safety report of a stuck feeding tube. About half of the unit’s NG tubes were being reported “cemented stuck.” After giving each patient their own Yewtwist, the unit had no safety reports of stuck enteral tubes for a full year. ![Sleeping newborn with a nasogastric feeding tube, resting on a nursing pillow beside a parent](https://yewtwist.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/yewtwist/images/case-ng-tubes-wide.jpg?width=1152&height=540&name=case-ng-tubes-wide.jpg) At a glance Setting Pediatric acute care hospital, Ontario, Canada Connections NG and ENFit feeding tubes, IV and central lines How they use it One Yewtwist per patient, cleaned between uses and kept at the bedside in a labelled bag Result No safety reports of stuck enteral tubes in the 12 months after adoption ## The challenge Formula and breast milk are thick and sticky. On this unit, about half of NG tubes were being reported “cemented stuck” at the connection. When a feeding tube won’t come apart, nurses can end up forcing it with whatever tool is to hand, or replacing the NG tube, which is hard on a small patient. ## What they did The hospital introduced Yewtwist for feeding tube and IV disconnections and wrote its own handling protocol: - Clean Yewtwist between uses - Use it for one patient only - Store it beside the patient’s bed in a polyethylene bag labelled with the patient’s name > “We haven’t seen any safety reports of stuck enteral tubes since implementation.” T.Y.Clinical Nurse Specialist, leading Canadian pediatric hospital ## The result In the 12 months after adopting Yewtwist, the unit had no safety reports of stuck enteral tubes. ~50% of NG tubes on the unit were reported “cemented stuck” before Yewtwist 0 safety reports of stuck enteral tubes in the 12 months after ![](https://yewtwist.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/yewtwist/images/trial-banner-product.png?width=415&height=691&name=trial-banner-product.png) ## Take the struggle out of stuck lines. 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