Is a 24-h cyclic closed enteral feeding system microbiologically safe in geriatric patients?

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 315-320

  Lafourcade, P ^a   Boulestreau, H ^b   Arnaud Battandier, F ^c   Rogues, A M ^b   Texier Maugein, J ^d   Pinganaud, G ^a   Bourdel Marchasson, I ^a  

^a Ctr Geriatrie Ctr Hosp Univ B   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^c NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^d HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly; Enteral nutrition; Feeding system; Food contamination; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; ELEMENTAL DIET; EQUIPMENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

AGED; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTERAL NUTRITION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD, FORMULATED; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036022886     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/clnu.2002.0545     Document Type: Article

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