Mary Kay, my book pages 367-369 covers this question and others related to gavage feeding. I think Nancy's point about the preference for 1-hour bolus is well-taken, but in many geographics parts of the US, continuous is still done, so whatever you're doing--do the procedure right. >Just back from Florida and got a question this am from our NICU charge >nurse. Where can I find information about how often to change syringes >and tubing for a baby on continuous feeds of breastmilk by NG tube? Will >check all the standard references. Please email me privately as well as >replying to the list as I'm no mail until I get time to fix my >subscription. >Mary Kay Smith, CLE, IBCLC >Romeoville IL > -- Marie Biancuzzo Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist [log in to unmask] Resources to simplify breastfeeding management are available at http://www.wmc-worldwide.com *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html