Feeding Tube Care

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A Feeding Tube is a device used to supply nutrition to patients incapable of doing so through the mouth or have issues in swallowing.

Types of Feeding Tubes

Permanent Feeding Tubes:

Gastric Tube
Jejunostomy Tube
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
(PEG Tube)

Short Term Feeding Tubes:

Nasogastric Tube
Orogastric Tube

RYLE'S TUBE CARE: STEPS TO KEEP IN MIND

Keep it clean while administering continuous feeding, the tube should be flushed every 4 hours

Dispense all medications as a liquid and flush before and after with at least 5ml of water, if possible

Clamp the tube when you aren’t using it

Keep the skin around the tube clean and dry Clamp the tube when you aren't using it. Keep the skin around the tube clean and dry

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