Biofilm growth on the Lopez enteral feeding valve cultured in enteral nutrition: potential implications for medical-surgical patients, nursing care, and research.
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.
Solseng
Tracy
T
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA.
Vinson
Heather
H
Gibbs
Penelope
P
Greenwald
Beverly
B
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