I need help in making recommendations to a mother going home feeding her infant continuous feedings of breast milk.  Right now, the nursery is using the large enteral feeding bags and a feeding pump.  My question is--Is this the best container to use for running the tube feeding?  How long can the bag be used?  Is it OK just to rinse out the bag/tubing say every 4 hours and re-use it maybe for 24/48 hours?  What I am worried about is contamination of the milk and also loss of fat during feeding.. I hope some of you in clinical settings with experience can help me.  This is the first time I have had to send a baby home on continuous tube feeds.  Thanks so much.

Ginger Carney, RD, LDN, IBCLC
Clinical Nutriiton Mgr./Lactation Consultant
Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center
Memphis, TN  
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