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Procedure
Introduction
and consent Introduce yourself to the patient and identify their correct details. Explain
the procedure to the patient and gain their consent.
• Cup of water
Wash your hands and don a set of gloves. If you suspect the risk of
Infection
vomiting is high, you should consider wearing face and eye protection as
control
well as a disposable apron.
With the nasogastric tube -
measure from the patients nose to
their earlobe and then to the
epigastric region.
Measure
required
length of
nasogastric
tube
Finish Thank the patient; correctly dispose of clinical waste and wash your hands.
Record
Document
Dr Danny McAuley
Clinical Senior Lecturer,
Medicine & Therapeutics
Dr MK Traynor
Head of Division (UGNS)
Undergraduate Nursing Sciences
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Queen's University Belfast
&
Dr Ian Bickle
SpR in Radiology
North Trent Radiology
Specialist Registrar scheme