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  1. Sterile water to flush feeding tubes?

    nursesky posted a topic in Medications

    Why do we use sterile water to flush feeding tubes such as the j-tube? What happens if we use normal saline instead? I understand that sterile water is hypotonic and fluid will shift into the cells. NS is isotonic. On another note, I learned to flush...