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• FDA Recalls Feeding Tube Placement Devices After Serious Injuries and Deaths

  May 18, 2022

  Russell Maas

  A system used to help place feeding tubes in patients is being recalled after misplacement incidents led to nearly two dozen patient deaths.

• Nursing Homes With High Numbers Of Patients With Serious Mental Illness Have Worse Outcomes: Study

  July 31, 2019

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds that residents in nursing homes with high numbers of patients with serious mental illness face a higher chance of adverse health events, even if they are not mentally ill themselves.

• Deadly Lung Collapses Linked To Feeding Tube Guidance Systems, FDA Warns

  January 12, 2018

  Irvin Jackson

  Some feeding tube guidance systems have been linked to lung collapses and patient deaths, resulting in a new warning to health care providers from the FDA.