For nurses, dietitians, pharmacists: corn questions
A briefing for Canadian health professionals whose patients ask about corn in medication, nutrition support and hospital supplies.
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Medication and care
Medication and care: the entries in this section.
5 entries
Household goods and packaging: where corn materials appear
Corn-derived materials in cleaning products, paper goods, plastics and food packaging, and how households decide what to swap and what to question.
Hospital care and corn: intravenous dextrose and feeding formulas
What patients and families can ask about intravenous dextrose, enteral nutrition and other hospital products when corn must be avoided.
Corn in household items, personal care products and packaging
Corn-derived ingredients in personal care products, cleaning supplies, paper goods, containers and packaging, with practical ways to check each item.
Corn in medications and hospital care: excipients, dextrose, feeding formulas
How corn-derived excipients appear in prescription and over-the-counter drugs, and what to ask about intravenous dextrose and enteral nutrition.