Abstract

SIRVENT OCHANDO, Mariola; ARRIBAS HORTIGUELA, Lorena  and  ALVAREZ HERNANDEZ, Julia. Quality and safety in clinical nutrition. Nutr. Hosp. [online]. 2022, vol.39, n.spe1, pp.31-36.  Epub May 09, 2022. ISSN 1699-5198.  https://dx.doi.org/10.20960/nh.04067.

Clinical nutrition and food provision in a hospital environment must be regulated by quality management programs that ensure maximum clinical benefit and maximum patient safety.

This article gives an overview of quality management in clinical nutrition and hospital feeding. Likewise, keys and critical points to be taken into account in all the processes and threads that are carried out during specialized nutritional support and alimentation of patients are analyzed.

Keywords : Nutrition; Food and diet; Nutrition programs and policies; Quality assurance in health care; Quality control; Food and nutrition security; Inhospital food service.

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