Enteral Feeding Contamination: Comparison of Diluents and Feeding Bag Usage
- 1 May 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
- Vol. 13 (3) , 306-308
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0148607189013003306
Abstract
This quasi-experimental study compared bacterial growth in enteral feeding solution in six Kangaroo feeding bags filled with enteral formula diluted with sterile water vs six of the same diluted with tap water. Feeding bags, which were on continuous pumps in patient-occupied rooms, were rinsed and refilled every 8 hours, and formula cultures were obtained at 0, 24, and 48 hr. Acceptability of cultures was based on published recommended standards.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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