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Peg Tube Care Plan. If your peg tube becomes clogged try to unclog it as soon as you can. If you want to view a video tutorial on how to construct a care plan in nursing school please view the video below. Patients are usually kept nil by mouth and peg tube for four hours after insertion to allow sedation to wear off. Flush your peg tube with a 60 ml syringe filled with warm water.
If flushing causes pain it should be stopped and the medical team informed immediately as this is a red flag alert and needs urgent attention. Follow directions for flushing your peg tube. Flush your peg tube with a 60 ml syringe filled with warm water. Using the peg tube. After flushing clamp tube closed between feedings to prevent leakage. The tube should then be flushed with 50ml of sterile water.
This helps prevent blockage from formula or medicine.
Use at least 30 milliliters ml of water to flush the tube. This helps prevent blockage from formula or medicine. Ensure the peg tube is clamped uncap the peg tube port and place cap in a clean container attach the syringe to port unclamp the tube and flush with the recommended amount of water as per individuals kardex reclamp the peg tube place the syringe back in the container unless it is due to be changed. Follow directions for flushing your peg tube. After flushing clamp tube closed between feedings to prevent leakage. Risk for aspiration impaired swallowing ineffective swallowing difficulty swallowing dysphagia peg tube feeding and difficulty chewing.