Health Canada’s Latest Approval Helps Kids Fight Off Infections Better

February 17, 2021
Posted by concordsp

17 Feb

Health Canada has recently approved the number one patient requested, sterile catheter lock solution, KITELOCK™, to now be accessible to children.

KITELOCK™ is a non-antibiotic antimicrobial solution that helps patients with central lines, fight off infections.

Since 2016, KITELOCK™ has been used in hospitals across Canada, especially with high-risk population of kids who rely on their central lines for long-term TPN.

Clinical results are showing that the product drastically reducing the rate of infections in Canadian hospitals, preventing catastrophic outcomes in these patients.

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A gastrostomy tube (also called a G-tube) is a tube inserted through the abdomen (into the stomach and small intestine) that delivers nutrition directly to the stomach.

This tube is used to vent your child’s stomach for air or drainage, and/or to give your child an alternate way for feeding. You will use the J-tube to feed your child.
It’s one of the ways doctors can make sure kids with trouble eating get the fluid and calories they need to grow.
Enteral nutrition can be obtained through either a gastrostomy tube (G-tube) or a jejunostomy tube (J- tube).
G-tube feeding can be done at regular mealtimes, called “bolus feeding”, or given slowly over a period of several hours using the “gravity or drip method” or “pump controlled method.”

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