July 25, 2024- B. Braun Medical Inc. announced that a Midwest children’s hospital is the first hospital in the U.S. to convert to NRFit® Connectors. This milestone event promotes patient safety by preventing devices meant for neuraxial administration from connecting to devices used in other applications. While this is the first NRFit Connector conversion in the U.S., B. Braun has supported more than 3,000 conversions worldwide.
NRFit Connectors are the new ISO Standard for neuraxial and regional anesthesia devices. Currently, the Luer connector is the most broadly used medical device tubing connector. The universal design of Luer connectors poses the risk of misconnections which may result in delivering unintended fluids or gases to patients. NRFit Connectors are 20% smaller in diameter than Luer connectors, preventing medical devices meant for neuraxial administration from connecting to devices used for IV, enteral and other applications, thus enhancing patient safety.