POLICIES & PROCEDURE ON NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT

                   
                     POLICIES & PROCEDURE ON NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT

Policy:

 

Nutritional needs shall be assessed and re-assessed at regular interval. These nutritional needs shall be addressed as per procedure.

 

All special diet order shall be written in diet sheet the hospital shall allow the family food for the patient only with consultant’s permission and under dietician’s supervision. When families provide the food they shall be educated about the patient’s diet limitation. The hospital shall issue pass for outside / family food and it shall be check by concerned authority or security

 

Hygienic condition shall be maintained for provision of food to patients

 

Following procedure shall be followed to address nutritional needs of patients. The services of fulltime dietician are available with the hospital for OPD and IPD patients.

 

Procedure:

 

S. No.

Procedural steps

Responsibility
  1.  

When the patient is admitted to the hospital, the consultant decides the therapeutic diet.

Consultant
  1.  

Patient file is checked for past medical history and current diagnosis after admission.

In house dietician
  1.  

The initial assessment form is filled while meeting the patient and his/her relative.

In house dietician
  1.  

In case the diet decided by the consultant is not in line with patient condition necessary modifications in the therapeutic diet is done by discussing it with the floor house officer and the consultant.

In house dietician
  1.  

There are two daily diet rounds for inpatients.

In house dietician
  1.  

Daily lab reports and the file of the patient are checked.

In house dietician
  1.  

Reassessment is done daily on basis of daily rounds.

In house dietician
  1.  

Necessary modifications in the diet are done on a daily basis.

In house dietician
  1.  

Discharge diet counseling and written diet chart is given to the patient. The diet chart is made after taking initial nutritional assessment form and daily reassessments.

In house dietician

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