TY - JOUR
T1 - Infection control issues of enteral feeding systems
AU - Marion, Nedra Denease
AU - Rupp, Mark Edmund
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Enteral feeding systems provide a mechanism for nutritional support for patients who may be unable to tolerate oral dietary sustenance. This review takes into account recent infection control issues relating to enteral feeding systems. The review is organized into the following areas of emphasis: infections associated with enteral tube feeding, the stability and contamination of enteral tube feeding, the risk: benefit analysis of enteral tube feeding, and the protective effects of enteral tube feeding. (C) 2000 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
AB - Enteral feeding systems provide a mechanism for nutritional support for patients who may be unable to tolerate oral dietary sustenance. This review takes into account recent infection control issues relating to enteral feeding systems. The review is organized into the following areas of emphasis: infections associated with enteral tube feeding, the stability and contamination of enteral tube feeding, the risk: benefit analysis of enteral tube feeding, and the protective effects of enteral tube feeding. (C) 2000 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
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U2 - 10.1097/00075197-200009000-00006
DO - 10.1097/00075197-200009000-00006
M3 - Review article
C2 - 11151080
AN - SCOPUS:0033783334
SN - 1363-1950
VL - 3
SP - 363
EP - 366
JO - Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care
JF - Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care
IS - 5
ER -