Intermediate Level
Safe Enteral Feeding Practice: Infection Prevention, Hang Times & Safe Handling
Aurafeeds
Course Overview
Skill Level
Intermediate Level
Duration
2 hours
What You'll Learn
- Understand contamination and infection risks.
- Know the recommended hang times for different enteral feed systems.
- Apply correct preparation and administration techniques.
- Improve documentation and traceability.
- Reduce infection risk and avoidable clinical incidents.
Course Curriculum
10 modules18 lessons
Prerequisites
- Be working within a healthcare, care or community care environment
- Have a basic understanding of patient care and infection prevention principles
- Be involved in, or preparing to support, patients requiring enteral nutrition
- Work under local organisational policies, clinical governance procedures and competency frameworks
- Have completed any mandatory local clinical competencies required by their organisation where applicable
Course Categories
Professional Training
Course Description
Learning Duration: 2 hours Delivery Method: Self-paced online learning This training course provides healthcare professionals and care staff with the essential knowledge and practical guidance required to safely prepare, administer and monitor enteral feeding via feeding pumps and enteral feeding systems. The course focuses on infection prevention, contamination risks, safe hang times, documentation standards, feeding system types, hand hygiene and best-practice clinical procedures. Learners will understand how poor feed handling can contribute to complications including diarrhoea, aspiration pneumonia, bloodstream infection and sepsis, particularly amongst vulnerable tube-fed patients. Designed around current UK clinical guidance and real-world care practice, the training reinforces the principle that every feed is a clinical intervention and every step matters. The course supports safer patient outcomes through improved clinical awareness, safer preparation workflows, better traceability and stronger compliance with infection prevention standards.
Created
3/2/2026
Last Updated
9/30/2026