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Using pH to confirm NG/OG tube placement is Evidenced Based Best Practice pH is the emerging US/Global Standard for confirming NG/OG tube gastric placement in the NICU. 2005 and 2010, 45% of all cases of harm caused by a misplaced NGT reported by the United Kingdom’s National Patient Safety Agency were due to misinterpreted X-rays.

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