What evidence is there for using sterile saline/water instead of tap water for enteral/tube feeding flushes and/or free water for enterally fed patients?

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CINAHL search with the following terms:

(enteral feeding OR tube feeding OR enteral nutrition OR feeding tube) AND (sterile OR saline OR water) AND (irrigation OR flush OR flushing)

Allen S. As a Flushing Agent for Enteral Nutrition, Does Sterile Water Compared to Tap Water Affect the Associated Risk of Infection in Critically Ill Patients?. Alabama Nurse [serial online]. March 2015;42(1):5-6. Available from: CINAHL, Ipswich, MA. Accessed June 1, 2015.

“ASPEN Enteral Nutrition Practice Recommendations.” JPEN, Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 33.2 (2009):122.

“Enteral tube flushing.” American journal of nursing 105.3 (2005):58.

 

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