Avoid close contact with sick people. If you are sick, avoid close contact with others. If you have the flu, stay home for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone (unless seeking medical care). Cover your mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing, then throw the tissue away. Wash your hands with soap and water often—especially after touching high-traffic areas like door knobs and hand rails. If soap and water aren’t available, use hand sanitizer. Do not touch your eyes, nose, or mouth. Clean and disinfect surfaces that may easily be contaminated, such as your phone, keys, work station, and door knobs.
Patient selection Parenteral nutrition should be considered for all patients who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition and have a non-functioning or inaccessible gastrointestinal (GI) tract, preventing enteral feeding. [1] There is much evidence to support enteral over parenteral feeding in inpatients with functioning GI tracts. [2, 3] Access Peripheral lines may be used to deliver short-term nutritional support, but central access is necessary for parenteral feeding of more than two weeks' duration. Lines should be dedicated to feeding and must not be used for drug administration or blood sampling:
