- Requesting a New Diet Type, Texture Type or Fluid Type
- Video Tutorial - Request a Diet, Texture or Fluid Type (4:33)
- FAQs
Requesting a New Diet Type, Texture Type or Fluid Type
You can request that a new diet type, texture type or fluid type 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:
- Select Tools & Setup > Diet Orders. The Diet Order Setting screen appears.
- Click the Request New button. The Select Diet/Texture/Fluid pop-up window appears.
- From the Select A Type drop-down, select the new type you want to request and click Next. The new request slide-out panel appears.
- Select or enter the details of the type.
- From the Base [type] field, you have the option to select a base diet, texture or fluid type. What this means is that the requested diet, texture or fluid type will inherit the same extension data (i.e., therapeutic substitute recipes) of the base diet, texture of fluid type on each recipe extension grid and menu item extension grid where that base diet, texture or fluid type is used.
- Click the Request button. A message appears stating that your request has been successfully submitted for review.
- The type is added to the grid but is inactive until the request is approved. When hovering your cursor over the name a “Pending Approval” message appears.
- When the request is approved or declined you will receive an email, and a notification will display on the MealSuite home page (screenshot below). If approved then you will be required to publish the diet type, texture type or fluid type before being able to use it. Click here for instructions on how to publish a diet type, texture type 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 type to your child accounts. See Maintenance Responsibility of Diet, Texture and Fluid Types for more information.
Video Tutorial - Request a Diet, Texture or Fluid Type (4:33)
FAQs
I can't see my new diet order (i.e., diet type, texture type, fluid type)?
When a new diet order (i.e., diet, texture or fluid type) is approved by the MealSuite Nutrition Services team, it will be unpublished in the system until you publish it.
If you cannot see the new diet order on the Diet Order Settings screen (Tools & Setup > Diet Orders), it is because the screen is not displaying unpublished diet orders. To display (i.e., show) the unpublished diet, texture, and fluid types, complete the following steps:
- Click the Display Options icon (screenshot below).
- Slide the top switch to the left (Show All position).
- Click Apply & Save to apply your changes to the screen.
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.