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ULTRAPAK ® w i t h SPIKERIGHT
Taking the Lead in Tube-Feeding Safety
PRodUcT oRdERInG InFoRmATIon*
• Leading healthcare industry organizations, such as the Joint
Commission, ISMP and ECRI, have recommended that
medical manufacturers redesign their products to reduce
the risk of dangerous tubing misconnections. 1,3,4
• In our continuing effort to improve the safety of tube feeding,
Nestlé HealthCare Nutrition is introducing SPIKERIGHT, an
enteral-specific port for closed tube-feeding containers
designed to reduce the risk of IV misconnection.
• The SPIKERIGHT design is non-proprietary and available
for use by any manufacturer.
• The California Hospital Association has urged that all
manufacturers of tube-feeding formulas and equipment
adopt an enteral–specific design. 5 SPIKERIGHT meets
this need.
PRODUCT PRODUCT CODE NDC FORMAT NUMBER PACKAGING
CRUCIAL ® ULTRAPAK ® 1000ML 9871626284 00212628461 6 - 1000ML bAGS/CASE
NUTREN ® 2.0 ULTRAPAK ® 1000ML 9871644146 00212414661 6 - 1000ML bAGS/CASE
NUTREN ® GLYTROL ® ULTRAPAK ® 1000ML 9871622390 00212239061 6 - 1000ML bAGS/CASE
NUTREN ® GLYTROL ® ULTRAPAK ® 1500ML 9871632391 00212239161 4 - 1500ML bAGS/CASE
NUTREN JUNIOR ® FIbER ULTRAPAK ® 1000ML 9871677400 00212740061 6 - 1000ML bAGS/CASE
NUTREN JUNIOR ® ULTRAPAK ® 1000ML 9871677380 00212738061 6 - 1000ML bAGS/CASE
NUTREN ® PULMONARY ULTRAPAK ® 1000ML 9871622392 00212239261 6 - 1000ML bAGS/CASE
NUTREN ® REPLETE ® FIbER ULTRAPAK ® 1000ML 9871626358 00212635861 6 - 1000ML bAGS/CASE
NUTREN ® REPLETE ® FIbER ULTRAPAK ® 1500ML 9871626359 00212635961 4 - 1500ML bAGS/CASE
PEPTAMEN ® 1.5 ULTRAPAK ® 1000ML 9871628194 00212819461 6 - 1000ML bAGS/CASE
PEPTAMEN AF ULTRAPAK ® 1000ML 9871676390 00212639061 6 - 1000ML bAGS/CASE
PEPTAMEN JUNIOR ® ULTRAPAK ® 1000ML 9871677360 00212740061 6 - 1000ML bAGS/CASE
PEPTAMEN ® WITH PREbIO 1 ULTRAPAK ® 1000ML 9871622804 00212280461 6 - 1000ML bAGS/CASE
PEPTAMEN ® WITH PREbIO 1 ULTRAPAK ® 1500ML 9871622805 00212280561 4 - 1500ML bAGS/CASE
* Available Mid-2008
REFERENCES
1. Sentinel Event Alert, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Issue 36, April 3, 2006.
http://www.jointcommission.org/SentinelEvents/SentinelEventAlert/sea_36.htm.
2. ”Tubing misconnections: A perilous design flaw,” Materials Management in Health Care, November 2006: 36–39.
3. ISMP Medication Safety Alert, June 2004.
4. “Preventing Misconnections of Lines and Cables,” Health Devices, March 2006: 81–95.
5. California Hospital Association, letter dated May 23,2007, on file with Nestlé.
6. Wagner DR, Elmore MF, Knoll DM. Evaluation of “closed” vs. “open” systems for the delivery of peptide-based enteral diets.
J Parenter Enteral Nutr 1994; 18:453–457.
7. Silkroski M, Allen F, Storm H. Tube feeding audit reveals hidden costs and risk of current practice. Nutr Clin Prac 1998; 13:283–290.
8. Knoll DM, Glowinski EA, Heim SF. A quality improvement approach to validate extended hang time for enteral feeding systems (abstract).
J Am Diet Assoc 1996; 96 (9 suppl.):A39.
9. Moffitt SK, et al. Clinical and laboratory evaluation of a closed enteral feeding system under cyclic feeding conditions: A microbial and cost evaluation.
Nutrition 1997; 13:622-628.
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ULTRAPAK ® w i t h SPIKERIGHT
Setting the standard in tube-feeding safety.

THE ISSUE:
Tubing Misconnections
• Tubing misconnections caused by human error are a serious problem in healthcare organizations, with potentially
life-threatening consequences. 1,2
• Industry organizations such as the Joint Commission, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)
and the Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) have recommended that manufacturers of medical
products redesign them to reduce the risk of misconnections. 1,3,4
• Currently, all ready-to-feed closed tube-feeding containers use a universal port that is potentially vulnerable
to misconnections.
• The time is right for manufacturers of tube-feeding formulas and equipment to adopt an industry-wide
solution to the problem of misconnections.
THE SOLUTION:
SPIKERIGHT for Safety—The New Enteral-Specific Port
• Nestlé HealthCare Nutrition is taking the lead in helping reduce the risk of
misconnections by introducing SPIKERIGHT , an enteral-specific port for closed
tube-feeding containers designed to reduce the risk of IV misconnection.
• Nestlé has chosen a non-proprietary design that can be used by
any manufacturer.
• As part of our ongoing commitment to improve the safety of tube feeding,
Nestlé plans to incorporate the SPIKERIGHT design into ULTRAPAK ® products
and COMPAT ® spike sets in 2008, and closed system bottles in 2009.
• Covidien and VIASYS MedSystems also plan to incorporate the SPIKERIGHT
design into their spike sets.

HoW SPIKERIGHT WoRKS
The SPIKERIGHT port is threaded and connects with specifically-designed screw-top enteral spike sets. Purple color
coding clearly distinguishes the ULTRAPAK ® and tubing.
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THE AdVAnTAGES oF ULTRAPAK w i t h SPIKERIGHT
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• Reduces contamination risk and formula waste. 7
• Safely hangs up to 48 hours. 6,8,9
• Nestlé HealthCare Nutrition offers comprehensive staff
training materials to support safe feeding practices.