title: Oral drugs at a hospital unit: adequacy for use via enteral feeding tubes.
abstract: to describe the profile of standardized oral drugs at a hospital unit and assess their adequacy for use via enteral feeding tubes, according to recommendations from the literature.
  descriptive study, with data on drugs collected from the Pharmacy Service Dispensing System. Specific recommendations for the use of these drugs via enteral feeding tubes were found after searches in literary databases, books, manuals, guidelines and package insert collections.
  among the 236 dispensed oral drugs, 86% were in solid form; of those, 32 were "non-crushable", with the liquid form available at the institution. Twenty-eight drugs with potential interactions with enteral nutrition were identified. Sixty percent of those presented specific recommendations on their administration via enteral feeding tube.
  the joint participation of multidisciplinary nutritional therapy and care teams and the implementation of programs for continuous training are suggested strategies for the prevention of potential problems in the administration of drugs in the hospital setting.
authors: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brasil.
authors: Michele Fernanda Borges da
authors: MF
authors: Silva
authors: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brasil.
authors: Patrícia Dias de
authors: PD
authors: Brito
authors: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brasil.
authors: Lusiele
authors: L
authors: Guaraldo
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D001938:Brazil; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations