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  1. 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...
  2. 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...