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Managing food waste in the inpatient population.
Jonathan, Adrienne; Reid, Kim; Radcliffe, Tim.
Afiliação
  • Jonathan A; University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, Lancaster, UK Adrienne.Jonathan@mbht.nhs.uk.
  • Reid K; East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Blackburn, UK.
  • Radcliffe T; Estates & Facilities Division, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Blackburn, UK.
BMJ Open Qual ; 12(4)2023 12 20.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38123474
ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION:

For medical students, food is rarely discussed from the clinical perspective. Yet, in hospitals reduced food intake poses the risk of malnutrition, along with increased morbidity and mortality. The issue of food waste, a cause of inadequate dietary intake and a common issue within the National Health Service, is rarely addressed. The implementation of protected mealtimes has done little to solve this. This quality improvement project aimed to reduce the average amount of inpatient food waste by 20% by May 2022.

METHODS:

A standardised meal size intervention was tested. Meals were weighed before and after meal services to collect baseline and postintervention data. The percentage consumed and the percentage wasted were then calculated. Finally, the overall average of the percentage wasted across both meal services was determined.

RESULTS:

Quantitative data showed a change in the average amount of food waste from 70.16% to 65.75%, a decrease of 4.41%. Survey results also found an increase of 3% in patient satisfaction with meal sizes.

CONCLUSION:

Standardising meal sizes is shown to improve inpatient food waste and may serve as a starting point for healthcare providers to devise further strategies to reduce wastage in hospitals.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Eliminação de Resíduos / Serviço Hospitalar de Nutrição Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Eliminação de Resíduos / Serviço Hospitalar de Nutrição Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article