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Feeding Tube DeClogger. (Product Watch).


In long-term care long-term care (LTC),
n the provision of medical, social, and personal care services on a recurring or continuing basis to persons with chronic physical or mental disorders.
 settings where enteral nutrition Enteral nutrition
Nourishment given through a tube or stoma directly into the small intestine, thus bypassing the upper digestive tract.

Mentioned in: Electrolyte Supplements, Enterostomy, Necrotizing Enterocolitis

 therapies are provided, it is inevitable that over time clogs will form in enteral enteral /en·ter·al/ (en´ter'l) enteric.

en·ter·al
adj.
1. Within or by way of the intestine, as distinguished from parenteral.

2. Enteric.
 feeding tubes. Bionix has developed the Enteral Feeding Tube DeClogger, a flexible rod made of polypropylene, with a spiral tip oriented in a clockwise fashion. This product will quickly and effectively bore through and dislodge blockages that form in enteral feeding tubes in less than 2 minutes.

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Publication:Nursing Homes
Date:Jul 1, 2003
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