Resources
Tube Feeding Resources
Here are some tube feeding resources that can help you answer tube feeding questions. If there is something you are looking for and you can’t find it here, please contact us and we will do our best to find that connection for you.
Clinical Studies
To learn about new options in tube feeding at home, click on this link to this article by Lisa Epp, RDN, CNSC, LD, Assistant Professor of Nutrition, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Division of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN – Blenderized Feeding Options – The Sky’s The Limit .
For read more about using the Bolee Bag for home tube feeding, click on the following link to a clinical study by Dr. Debra Milton (Umea University) and Teresa W. Johnson DCN, RDN, FAND (Troy University) Accepted Safe Food‐Handling Procedures Minimizes Microbial Contamination of Home‐Prepared Blenderized Tube‐Feeding
Another study by Dr. Debra Milton (Umea University) and Teresa W. Johnson DCN, RDN, FAND (Troy University) comparing the cleanliness of Bolee Bags to bolus syringes when used with home blenderized tube feeding was published in NCP Nutrition in Clinical Practice with the conclusion being "The feeding bag used in this study may be used multiple times for BTF with a reduced risk of microbial contamination when manufacturer's cleaning guidelines are followed." Low risk for microbial contamination of syringe and tube feeding bag surfaces after multiple reuses with home blenderized tube feeding
FAQs
bFed® System Overview
Bolink® Small Cap for Snacktime
Filling the Bolee Bag with Commercial Packaged Food
Cleaning the bFed® System Between Uses
Organizations
Feeding Tube Awareness is an organization that helps parents by sharing practical experience for tube-feeding infants and children.
The Oley Foundation is a national, independent, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that strives to enrich the lives of those living with home intravenous nutrition (parenteral) and tube feeding (enteral) through education, advocacy, and networking. The Foundation also serves as a resource for consumer’s families, clinicians and industry representatives, and other interested parties.
The Global Enteral Device Supplier Association (GEDSA) is a nonprofit trade association formed to establish a voice for addressing issues that face enteral device manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors, and to help introduce international standards for healthcare tubing connectors.