Microbiological Contamination of enteral feeding solutions used in Costa Rican Hospitals

SUMMARY. Enteral feeding is the most common and preferred modality for providing nutritional support to hospital patients with a functional gastrointestinal tract that can not satisfy their nutritional requirements. Nevertheless, enteral feeding may be an important cause of bacterial infection. The...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Maria Laura Arias, Rafael Monge, Carolina Chávez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición 2003-09-01
Series:Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición
Subjects:
Online Access:http://wwww.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-06222003000300009