Development sources

Quality standard

Evidence sources
Policy context
Definitions and data sources for the quality measures

Development sources

Evidence sources

The document below contains clinical guideline recommendations or other recommendations that were used by the TEG to develop the quality standard statements and measures.

Nutrition support for adults: oral nutrition support, enteral tube feeding and parenteral nutrition. NICE guideline CG32 (2006).

Policy context

It is important that the quality standard is considered alongside current policy documents, including:

National Prescribing Centre. Prescribing of adult oral nutritional supplements – guiding principles for improving the systems and processes for ONS use (2012)
National Patient Safety Agency. Reducing the harm caused by misplaced nasogastric feeding tubes in adults, children and infants (2011)
National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD). Parenteral nutrition: a mixed bag (2010)
Department of Health. Improving nutritional care (2007)
Age Concern. Hungry to be heard: the scandal of malnourished older people in hospital (2006)

Definitions and data sources for the quality measures

References included in in the definitions and data sources sections:

British Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN). Nutrition screening survey in the UK and Republic of Ireland in 2011 (2011)
Department of Health. Essence of care 2010: benchmarks for food and drink (2010) – best practice indicators for factor 7 screening and assessment.
British Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN). Nutrition screening survey in the UK and Republic of Ireland in 2010 (2010)
Care Quality Commission. Essential standards of quality and safety (2010)