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@MISC{_keypoints,
author = {},
title = {Key Points},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
● Understand the legal implications of manipulating a drug formulation prior to administration. ● Be aware of relevant national guidelines. ● Be aware of relevant local protocols. When considering the practical and clinical issues associated with the administration of drugs via enteral feeding tubes, the healthcare professional should be aware of legal and professional consequences of altering a drug’s formulation prior to administration and the administration of drugs via an unlicensed route. The aim of this chapter is to consider the legal and professional frameworks that govern the practice of healthcare professionals and to relate these specifically to the administration of drugs via enteral feeding tubes. It is appropriate at this point to state that providing the healthcare professional is acting in the patient’s best interest, following locally agreed protocols and effecting evidence based practice, it is unlikely that any legal or ethical frameworks will be infringed. The law and ethics that govern the activities of a healthcare professional are
