Techniques used by nurses during oral medication preparation and administration through NGT/NET
| Measures | 2014 (phase I) frequency | 2017 (phase II) frequency | P value | ||
| N | % | N | % | ||
| Medication preparation | |||||
| Hand washing before medication preparation | 27 | 22.1 | 66 | 54.1 | 0.0010 |
| Crush compressed to a fine and homogeneous powder | 12 | 7.4 | 97 | 95 | 0.0010 |
| Crushing enteric-coated tablets and mixing drugs during medication preparation | 67 | 54.9 | 32 | 26.2 | 0.0010 |
| Triturated pharmaceutical form of modified action or dragee | 40 | 32.8 | 24 | 19.7 | 0.0010 |
| Medication administration | |||||
| Flushing of the tube prior to medications administration | 16 | 13.1 | 36 | 29.5 | 0.0020 |
| Flushing of the tube between medications | 4 | 8.2 | 59 | 66.3 | 0.0010 |
| Flushing of the tube after medications | 105 | 86.8 | 113 | 92.6 | 0.1340 |
| Feeding tube obstruction | 51 | 41.8 | 64 | 52.5 | 0.0950 |
NGT/NET, nasogastric/nasoenteric tube.