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We use orange tubes that can be left in for 1 month and tape them with a piece of tegaderm on their chin to protect the skin and then a piece of tegaderm over that - works really well. We also used silastic long-dwell which we used for a month. I'm curious - if the manufacturer says they are recommended for a month why change them every 72 hours?
There is a risk to everything we do, and it seems to me that placing an NG tube q72* is taking unnecessary risks that might outweigh the lessened risk of infection. Especially since you're dealing with the dirty gut. All of that frequent pushing in of new tubes will surely lead to a tube in the lungs one day.
gammy1957
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Does anyone use the poly urethane NG tubes for intermittent feeds?
How long do you leave them in situ? The company we are looking at recommends 3 weeks between changes
What do you use for taping?