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enteral
(redirected from enteral tube)

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en·ter·ic  (n-trk) also en·ter·al (ntr-l)
adj.
Of, relating to, or being within the intestine.
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Adj.1.enteral - of or relating to the enteron
2.enteral - of or relating to or inside the intestines; "intestinal disease"


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Giving medication to a patient through an enteral tube is something many nurses do as part of their usual practice.
In one patient, the lithium peak concentration was achieved after 33 hours and a second peak occurred at 148 hours, after initiation of enteral tube feedings.
While JCAHO does not formally require that LTC facilities adopt an HACCP program, it does consider documentation of HACCP for food and documentation of enteral tube feeding as "Examples of Evidence of Performance" within certain standards, including:
 
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