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A Nutrition Support Team Quality Assurance Plan
Author(s) -
Powers Tony,
Deckard Marleen,
Stark Nathene,
Cowan George S.M.
Publication year - 1991
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 - 10.1177/0115426591006004151
Subject(s) - medicine , accreditation , parenteral nutrition , quality assurance , documentation , clinical nutrition , health care , quality management , veterans affairs , nursing , medical nutrition therapy , quality (philosophy) , guideline , medical education , intensive care medicine , operations management , management system , philosophy , epistemology , external quality assessment , pathology , computer science , economics , programming language , economic growth
The Nutrition Support Team at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center is responsible for the development of guidelines related to the provision of both total parenteral nutrition and enteral nutrition support. A Quality Assurance plan which was approved by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of HealthCare Organizations was implemented by the Nutrition Support Team. This plan addresses: nutritional assessment and consultation, indications for enteral and parenteral nutrition support, provision of optimal nutrition support including attainment of nutritional goals, and the prevention, detection, and management of complications. The indicators and criteria for each aspect of care are described. This program has provided documentation of the activities of the Nutrition Support Team as well as data defining the patient population requiring specialized nutrition support, and has helped identify areas where improvement is required.