Handbook of Drug Administration Via Enteral Feeding Tubes, 3rd Edition

Description: This handbook provides guidelines on the administration of drugs via enteral feeding tubes, an area in which there is limited readily available information. This update to the 2011 edition includes over 400 updated drug monographs and 29 drug additions. Purpose: The monographs are intended to support healthcare practitioners in making decisions on the safe and effective administration of medications through enteral feeding tubes. Oftentimes, the drug product labeling lacks guidance on administration via the enteral route, and this handbook has been produced by experts on behalf of the British Pharmaceutical Nutrition Group. Audience: The book is intended to help healthcare professionals make decisions regarding which medications are safe to administer via enteral feeding tubes, which tubes are appropriate to administer the drugs, and how to do so. It is written for any healthcare practitioner who is involved in administering drug to patients with limited GI access, such as nurses, nursing students, physicians, dietitians in hospitals, and pharmacists. The authors are experts in the field of enteral nutrition and have served on committees in this field, such as the British Pharmaceutical Nutrition Group and the British Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.