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Dietitians Week continues

June 22, 2022

Dietitians Week aims to raise awareness of dietitians and the invaluable work they do at SWB.

  • Dietitians and the dietetic workforce support patients at every life stage from babies to older people and every stage in between
  • All patients admitted to our hospitals who are tube fed at home should be referred to a dietitian via “referral to inpatient dietitian” under Requests/Rare plans on Unity within 24 hours of admission
  • This is vitally important so we can monitor and adjust their tube feeds in accordance with their acute condition
  • When carrying out nutrition screening on Unity (MUST or STAMP depending on age) there is now an additional question asking if your patient is tube fed. If they are, it will then prompt you to ensure they are referred to the dietitian.