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callmeadoctor · 17/04/2020 19:12

Just an odd thing happening with my child currently in hospital. They have a peg feed for their food and meds. Every time they receive their meds (and flush), the nurse uses the cup that is next to their water jug. Doesn't clean it either before or after. Now I know it is going to their tummy anyway, but surely their training would say this is not good practice?
Also when they put movicol powder in the water, they wrap up the movicol wrapper and use it to mix the solution (surely then its not sterile? All the nurses do it so it seems standard practice, but seems so wrong? (The other day one used my coffee cup that hadn't been washed.......)

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QueenOfPain · 19/04/2020 00:15

I am a nurse, it doesn’t need to be sterile to go into the stomach as normal food and drink wouldn’t be. Tap water is okay. Have definitely seen people stir the movicol with the wrapper before but I wouldn’t do it. The dirty coffee cup is grim, but don’t see any issue with his own water cup next to his jug.

callmeadoctor · 19/04/2020 12:13

Thank you all xxxx

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