Tube Feeding Safety and Sanitation Tips

We at Medco are aware of the risks for infection and the management needed when tube-feeding your child or loved one. That is why we want to provide you with a few helpful tips for safety, sanitation, and problem solving when it comes to caring for your child’s tube feeding materials with help from www.abbottnutrition.com.

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How-To Tips for Tube Feeding

     There are many things a parent or caregiver should do to prepare before tube-feeding their child or loved one.  We would like to provide you with some tips and information on the tube feeding process with the help of www.abbottnutrition.com.

Basic Tube Feeding Information and Tips

Tube Feeding:

     Tube feeding is used when an individual cannot eat or drink enough food and nutrients orally and they must be delivered nutrients through a tube in their stomach or intestine.  Feeding tubes are inserted into the stomach or the small inserting directly through the skin on the individual’s stomach or through a tube inserted into the nose and into the esophagus.  The nutrients inserted into the feeding tube are called formula and are in a liquid form.  Complete formulas will contain all of the nutrients and vitamins and minerals needed in order for the individual to grow and develop as they would by consuming food orally.

Taste Matters

    

     BOOST has a product designed specifically for kids called Kid Essentials.  Kid Essentials is a delicious nutritional drink for picky eaters and children in need of additional nutrients.