“The introduction of the guidelines means a change in the role of the nutrition department.” On March 28, Liu Chang’e, director of the nutrition department of the Seventh Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital, told the People’s Daily Health Client, “The functions of the nutrition department will start from nutritional support, Adjuvant therapy evolves into clinical therapy!”
In order to guide and standardize the construction and management of clinical nutrition departments in medical institutions, improve clinical nutrition Diagnosis and treatment capacity and service level. Recently, the National Health and Health Commission organized the drafting of the “Guidelines for the Construction and Management of Clinical Nutrition Departments (Trial)”. The “Guidelines” proposed that the clinical departments in medical institutions that independently carry out clinical nutrition diagnosis and treatment services should be named Clinical Nutrition. division.
And clarified that their responsibilities include carrying out nutritional screening and evaluation, nutritional diagnosis and treatment, providing patients with medical diet, enteral and parenteral nutrition prescriptions, standardizing and guiding the use of foods for special medical purposes, and formulating this institution. Clinical nutrition-related work norms, etc.
“When people mention the nutrition department, they think that they are responsible for eating and drinking, but in fact, the diet is only a small part of the nutrition department’s work and cannot represent the entire clinical business of the hospital nutrition department.” Director Liu Chang’e introduced, “Nutrition has a pharmacological role in the treatment of certain diseases, and is a means of treatment, not a simple health care consultation and guidance. Now, nutrition therapy plays an irreplaceable role in more and more disease treatment fields. Such as tumor treatment, obesity, three highs, senile sarcopenia syndrome and other diseases.
In addition, the “Guide” specifies that general hospitals above the second level and specialized hospitals such as oncology, children, and psychiatry should set up clinical nutrition departments , and must be constructed and managed in accordance with relevant regulations. Encourage other medical institutions with conditions to set up, construct and manage clinical nutrition departments with reference to relevant regulations.
In this regard, Director Liu Chang’e said, “Now the people’s health concept And the demands far exceeded expectations, and the awareness and demand of the nutrition department were relatively large. Our nutrition department has three outpatient clinics, which are full every day, and the development of nutrition departments in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Guangzhou and other places is generally the same. The establishment of clinical nutrition departments in general hospitals and specialized hospitals above the second level should be based on practical needs.”
“In order to improve the scientific nutrition of the public, the Chinese Nutrition Society and the Institute of Nutrition and Health of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention have established and other units jointly initiated in 2015, and established the third week of May every year as the National Nutrition Week, and carried out nutrition science activities with different themes every year. The nutrition department of the hospital will also carry out a series of large-scale publicity activities at this time, such as free clinics, sending popular science to military camps, communities, schools, etc., in order to popularize the concept of nutrition and health on a larger scale and benefit the public.” Director Liu Chang’e said. ( People’s Daily Health Client Lin Jing, Seventh Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Yu Xiaobing)