Effect of an infection control programme in enteral feeding bacterial contamination in nursing homes
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Methods It was a quasiexperimental pretest posttest control study. There were 15 residents and 10 nursing home staff in experimental and control groups respectively. An ICP related to enteral feeding was given to the experimental group. The knowledge and practice in enteral feeding among nursing home staff was measured by questionnaires; and 60 pairs of specimens were taken for bacterial counts and MRSA culture from hands of nursing home staff, enteral feed, flow regulators, feeding tube hubs, residents’ nasopharyngeal swabs and gastric fluid before and after ICP.
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