Filters should be used during the administration of Parenteral Nutrition for patients in all care settings

• Parenteral nutrition must be administered through appropriate filters across all care settings to prevent particulate matter embolism, which can be fatal
• Non-filtered PN administration represents a significant patient safety risk and has been linked to serious adverse incidents and deaths
• Filter use should be a mandatory standard practice for all PN administration regardless of care environment (hospital, community, primary care)

Administration of parenteral nutrition without a filter has been associated with a number of adverse incidents including an embolism which resulted in a fatal outcome.

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