Global Enteral Feeding Devices Market

Posted On: Apr-2022 | Categories : Healthcare

Enteral feeding is referred to the process of delivering nutritionally complete food directly to the intestine or stomach of a patient by means of a feeding tube. Enteral nutrition supplements completely replace it in patients with the help of a functional gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Enteral feeding devices like the feeding pumps & tubes have thoroughly revolutionized the history of the clinical nutrition industry and are very much effective for malnourished patients.

In 2020, the Global Enteral Feeding Devices Market accounted for up to USD 3.278 Bn. It is predicted to reach approximately USD 5.379 Bn by 2028, representing a CAGR of around 6.387 % throughout the forecasted period of 2020-2028.

Boston Scientific Corporation provides a variety of enteral feeding solutions, such as the initial placement gastrostomy devices, jejunal feeding tubes, and replacement gastrostomy devices.

The organization developed the ENFit Connector Transition System that helps in the reduction of risks that can lead to various enteral feeding misconnections. This will ensure the utmost safety of the patients in hospitals around the globe. Notable changes have been in the works for the purpose of patient safety concerns that are related to enteral feeding. This system also allows fitment to the existing feeding ports until the brand-new enteral feeding tubes are available in the market. Some of the crucial recent changes to the international standardizations have resulted in the design of the ENFit Connector for helping to reduce the risk of enteral feeding misconnections.

The shortage of blood collection tubes continued. It was stated that ‘Routine’ labs should be limited. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought detailed attention to the supply chain issues about the shortages of blood collection tubes.

In the United States, the FDA enlisted a severe shortage of sodium citrate tubes. They elucidated this problem euphemistically because of " recent vendor supply challenges and increase in demand." These light blue top tubes are used for the measurement of coagulation & were used quite often since coagulation abnormalities have been a serious problem with Covid-19.

Becton-Dickinson is regarded as one of the global leaders in this market. A BD spokesperson stated that amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, they have witnessed "the most unpredictable sort of demand that BD has faced in its company's history." They also added, "Worldwide, BD has produced nearly 50 Mn additional blood tubes in 2021 compared to 2020.

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The CEO of the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science, Christine Nielsen added a much broader and more efficient perspective. She stated that the problem is not at all limited to the tubes but it involves some of the most basic supplies such as buffered saline. Nelson also mentioned that "It's indeed a challenge as we have moved to the just in time inventory all across the various sectors, including the laboratories.

Nielsen also concluded by saying that many lab manufacturers had sheer focused their entire attention span on the rapid point of care (POC) testing which will prove to be a marked shift for businesses in the future.