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Hi all, I have a question about what type of water you use for flushing and administering meds via NG/OG tubes. At the ICU in the hospital I am currently at, we are required to use sterile water ONLY. However, the rest of the hospital uses regular ta...
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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...