title: Biofilm growth on the Lopez enteral feeding valve cultured in enteral nutrition: potential implications for medical-surgical patients, nursing care, and research.
abstract: Medical-surgical patients may receive enteral nutrition via feeding tubes. This research study determined Pseudomonas aeruginosa can develop a bacterial biofilm on the Lopez enteral feeding valve in 3 days when cultured in enteral nutrition. Biofilms can cause nosocomial infections.
authors.affiliation: North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA.
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Solseng
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vinson
authors.forename: Penelope
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gibbs
authors.forename: Beverly
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Greenwald
mesh_terms: D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D007388:Internal Medicine; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015399:Nursing Research; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000254:growth & development; D013041:Specialties, Nursing; D013997:Time Factors