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ASPEN Report on Nutrition Support Practice Processes With COVID‐19: The First Response
Author(s) -
Wells Mulherin Diana,
Walker Renee,
Holcombe Beverly,
Guenter Peggi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1002/ncp.10553
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , virology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has changed nutrition care processes in hospitals and in the home setting. This paper summarizes clinician reports on these changed processes, including overall nutrition care, nutrition assessment, enteral nutrition and parenteral nutrition care steps, and food and oral supplement delivery. Also included are teaching, logistics, and personnel issues around changes in the work environment. Use of safe, standardized, evidence‐based processes in the face of altered care patterns is critical.