Your Shield HealthCare care team supports your most fragile patients with Enteral+Oxygen Did You Know… In the United States, 1 in 10 births are preterm (born before 37th week of pregnancy). 10% to 15% of all babies born require special care in the NICU. Approximately 3 million children are medically complex. What is a medically… Continue reading Transitioning Medically Complex Children From Hospital Care To Home Care

End of life decisions are hard to make, for yourself or for a loved one. They may include treatment and medication choices, and if and when to provide artificial means of nutrition or hydration. When someone stops eating enough, it can be tremendously difficult on the family and or caregiver. Food and nourishment are how… Continue reading End of Life Decisions: Tube Feeding

Abbott Nutrition Formula Recall: Selected Similac, Alimentum and EleCare For questions regarding the recall, contact Abbott Nutrition at 800-986-8540 or similacrecall.com. Abbott Nutrition, the formula manufacturer which makes Similac, Alimentum and EleCare, has issued a voluntary recall of specific lot numbers of their powdered formulas. This recall came after receiving five complaints of babies hospitalized… Continue reading About the Abbott Nutrition Formula Recall

As mothers and parents, we can bear (or raise) multiple children, and yet each and every one is so different.  Let’s take eating, for example. I have three children with three very different preferences and aversions right from the start. Just because one child enjoys certain foods, another one of your children may find the… Continue reading Feeding Strategies for Picky Eaters

The week before winter break, my son Charlie came down with a cough. Nothing to be concerned about initially. It was dry, sporadic, and his mood was good. “At least he doesn’t have a fever,” I said to my spouse in an attempt to assuage the fears that were politely but insistently knocking at heart… Continue reading Five Feeding Strategies for a Sick Kid

06.04.2022 UPDATE:  Abbott Nutrition has resumed baby formula production at its Sturgis, Michigan, plant, in a move to address a nationwide shortage. The company said it will restart the production of EleCare, a formula for children with digestive issues, aiming for an initial product release around June 20. 05.24.2022 UPDATE: Abbott To Release Elecare® Amino… Continue reading Abbott Nutrition Recalls Certain Similac, Alimentum and EleCare Formulas

02.28.2022 UPDATE:  The Food and Drug Administration is expanding its advisory on powdered baby formulas to include a certain lot of specialty Similac PM 60/40 manufactured in Sturgis, Michigan. This is in addition to lots of Similac®, Alimentum® and EleCare® powder formula that were voluntarily recalled on Feb. 17. On Feb. 28, CDC announced one… Continue reading FDA: Do Not Use Recalled Similac, Alimentum or EleCare Powdered Infant Formulas

What is ENFit? When feeding tubes are accidentally connected to other types of medical tubing, patient harm may result. ENFit connetors are a solution to improve patient safety. Traditional (or legacy) tubes use a universal stepped adapter which means there is a possibility of misconnections.  The ENFit design prevents feeding tubes from fitting into non-feeding… Continue reading Are you ready for ENFit Enteral Feeding Connectors?

Food poisoning is more than an inconvenience: it can cause serious illness and long-term health consequences, including death. Foodborne illness will sicken 1 in 6 Americans this year alone (approx. 48 million people). Nearly 130,000 Americans will require hospitalization from contaminated food, and 3,000 will die. While anyone is at risk of severe illness, people… Continue reading Food Safety for People at High Risk

What are Essential Fatty Acids? The human body can make most of the fats it needs through our diet. However, there are two fatty acids that are essential, meaning we must consume them through our diet because the body alone cannot synthesize them. These are Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids. What is an Omega-3 Fatty… Continue reading The Essential Fatty Acid Balance