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Requesting a New Diet Type, Texture Type or Fluid Type

Kevin U
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Requesting a New Diet Type

You can request that a new diet type to be added to your account. The request will be sent to the MealSuite Nutrition Services team to be approved. To send the request, complete the following steps:

  1. In your Core account, select Settings from the left navigation sidebar. The Settings panel appears to the right. 
     
  2. From the Settings panel, select Dietary Settings > Diets. The Diets screen appears, listing the available diet types in your account. 
     
  3. Click the Request New Diet button. The Request New Diet screen appears. 
     
  4. Enter the following:
    • Diet Type Name - system name.
    • Diet Display Name - user-facing name.
    • Diet Category 
    • Base Diet - you have the option to select a base diet type. What this means is that the requested diet type will inherit the same extension data (i.e., therapeutic substitute recipes) of the base diet type on each recipe extension grid and menu item extension grid where that base diet type is used. 
    • Description - description of the diet type.
  5. Click the Submit Request button. A message appears stating that your request has been successfully submitted for review.'
  6. See "After the Request is Sent" below. 

Requesting a New Texture Type

You can request that a new texture type to be added to your account. The request will be sent to the MealSuite Nutrition Services team to be approved. To send the request, complete the following steps:

  1. In your Core account, select Settings from the left navigation sidebar. The Settings panel appears to the right. 
     
  2. From the Settings panel, select Dietary Settings > Textures. The Textures screen appears, listing the available texture types in your account. 
     
  3. Click the Request New Texture button. The Request New Texture screen appears. 
     
  4. Enter the following:
    • Texture Name - system name.
    • Texture Display Name - user-facing name.
    • Description - description of the texture type.
    • Base Texture- you have the option to select a base texture type. What this means is that the requested texture type will inherit the same extension data (i.e., therapeutic substitute recipes) of the base texture type on each recipe extension grid and menu item extension grid where that base texture type is used. 
  5. Click the Submit Request button. A message appears stating that your request has been successfully submitted for review.'
  6. See "After the Request is Sent" below. 

Requesting a New Fluid Type

You can request that a new fluid type to be added to your account. The request will be sent to the MealSuite Nutrition Services team to be approved. To send the request, complete the following steps:

  1. In your Core account, select Settings from the left navigation sidebar. The Settings panel appears to the right. 
     
  2. From the Settings panel, select Dietary Settings > Fluid Types. The Fluid Types screen appears, listing the available fluid types in your account. 
     
  3. Click the Request New Fluid button. The Request New Fluid screen appears. 
     
  4. Enter the following:
    • Fluid Type Name - system name.
    • Fluid Type Display Name - user-facing name.
    • Base Fluid - you have the option to select a base fluid type. What this means is that the requested fluid type will inherit the same extension data (i.e., fluid thickened substitutes) of the base fluid type on each fluid substitution grid where that base fluid type is used. 
    • Description - description of the fluid type.
  5. Click the Submit Request button. A message appears stating that your request has been successfully submitted for review.'
  6. See "After the Request is Sent" below. 

After the Request is Sent

  • After the request is sent, the diet, texture or fluid type is added to the grid but is inactive until the request is approved. Until then, if you hover your cursor over the diet, texture of fluid type, the text “Pending Approval” appears. 
  • When the request is approved or declined you will receive an email, and a notification will display on the MealSuite home page. 
  • If the request is approved then you will be required to publish the diet, texture, or fluid type before being able to use it. Click here for instructions on how to publish a diet, texture or fluid type.
  • When a diet, texture or fluid type is assigned to your account, then you are considered the owner. If you have any child MealSuite accounts, then you also have the ability to assign maintenance of the diet, texture or fluid type to your child accounts. See Maintenance Responsibility of Diet, Texture and Fluid Types for more information. 

FAQs

I can't see my new diet type, texture type or fluid type?

When a new diet, texture or fluid type is approved by the MealSuite Nutrition Services team, it will be unpublished in the system until you publish it. See the following respective articles to publish a diet, texture or fluid type:

Can combination textures, such as regular texture combined with pureed meats texture, be requested/created?

No, the system does not support the merging of textures into a single combination texture (e.g., regular with pureed meats). Each texture in the system is defined separately, and therefore you will need to manage each texture type independently for menu planning and resident/patient profiles. 

Is there a character limit when entering the name?

The system does not have a character limit when entering a name, but it is not recommended to have more than 40 characters, so that the diet/texture/fluid type can be fully displayed in the the system and reports.