Home-Prepared Enteral Tube Feeding: Evaluation of Microbiological Contamination, Hygiene, and the Profile of the Food Handler.

Caroline de Oliveira GalindoMarcia Regina BeuxRayane Luizi da CostaKelly Cristina UniatJaqueline LeobetSila Mary Rodrigues FerreiraCaroline Opolski MedeirosMaria Eliana Madalozzo SchieferdeckerLize S Fiori

Published in: Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (2020)

Regardless of the type of enteral formulations used by patients, when handled at home, there was a risk of contamination. However, contaminants present in enteral formulations can be easily controlled with improvements in hygiene measures as well as with greater guidance and control during the handling stages.

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