How long are kangaroo pump bags good for?

Throw the bag out if it has been used for 24 hours. If you are going to restart your feeding right away with the same bag, you will need to leave the tubing in the pump to rinse it out.

How many times can you reuse a feeding tube bag?

The feeding bag should be changed every 24 hours. Food (formula) should not be left in the bag for more than 4 hours. So, only put 4 hours (or less) worth of food in the feeding bag at a time.

What is Joey pump?

Product description. The Kangaroo™ Joey Enteral Feeding Pump is a simple-to-use, precision enteral feeding pump. It is easily programmed to deliver continuous or intermittent feeding and can provide automatic flushing capability when used with Kangaroo™ Joey Enteral Feeding Pump feed and flush sets.

Who makes kangaroo feeding bags?

Cardinal Health
Manufactured by Cardinal Health, the Kangaroo Enteral Feeding Pump Bags provide a selection of 1000 mL feeding bag sets in sterile or non-sterile options.

How do you clean a kangaroo joey bag?

Cleaning a Joey or ePump Feeding Bag

1. Disconnect feeding bag and feeding bag tubing from feeding tube extension.
2. Fill feeding bag with warm water. Press prime button to flush water through feeding bag tubing into sink or empty container.
3. Fill feeding bag with cold water.

What are kangaroo bags?

Kangaroo bags are used with enteral feeding pumps for individuals who can not safely take food or liquids by mouth and use an enteral feeding pump to receive nutrition due to reasons such as difficulty swallowing, eating disorders, or other eating challenges.

What is gravity feeding?

The gravity method is a type of feeding where formula flows out from your feeding bag and into your feeding tube by the force of gravity pulling the formula in a downward direction.

How long can tube feedings hang?

How long can tube-feedings be safely left out of the refrigerator? All breast milk or formula needing anything added to it (water, polycose, etc.) should hang for no more than 4 hours.