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Assigning a Liquid Diet, Tube Feeding Diet, or No Menu (NPO) Diet

Kevin U
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Assigning a Liquid Diet

When a person is assigned a liquid diet, the items available to them on their personal menu are pulled from the scheduled liquid menu (along with any personal menu items). To assign a liquid diet:

  1. Open the person's profile.
  2. From the Diets field, select the appropriate liquid diet category: Clear Liquid or Full Liquid.
  3. When a person is assigned a liquid diet, then the Texture field is automatically changed and locked to Liquid.
  4. Click Save to apply your changes. 

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If the Resident/Patient is Also Assigned a Fluid Type

If the resident/patient is also assigned a fluid type (to allow for thickened fluid substitutes), then they will be served the appropriate thickened fluid substitute from the fluid substitution grids of the items on the liquid menu. 

For example, assume the person is assigned the Mildly Thick fluid type. Cranberry juice is on the liquid menu and on the fluid substitution grid for cranberry juice the "MT2 Cranberry Juice" is being served for the Mildly Thick fluid type. Therefore, the resident will be served the MTS Cranberry Juice", which can be seen on their personal menu. 

Assigning a Tube Feeding Diet when no Food is Allowed

If a patient is on a tube feeding diet and is not allowed any food, then complete the following steps to assign their diet order:

  1. Open the person's profile.
  2. From the Diets field, select Tube Feeding. 
  3. When a person is assigned a tube feeding diet, the Texture field and Fluid field change to NPO (as per screenshot below).
  4. Click Save to apply your changes. 

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  5. The above assigned diet order will clear the patient's personal menu of any foods, and no personal menu items will be permitted to be added.

Assigning a Tube Feeding Diet when Food is Allowed

If a patient is on a tube feeding diet but is allowed food (to encourage/permit them to renew eating) or supplements, then complete the following steps to assign their diet order: 

  1. Open the person's profile.
  2. From the Diets field, select Tube Feeding. The Texture field and Fluid field automatically both change to NPO, which you will need to change in steps 3 and 4.  
  3. From the Texture field, select the appropriate texture type to assign to the patient. 
  4. From the Fluid field, select the appropriate fluid type to assign to the patient. 
  5. Click Save to apply your changes.  

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  6. With the above assigned diet order, you can then add personal menu items to their personal menu (including supplements) which in turn will be reflected on the service reports for serving staff.

Assigning an NPO Diet

When a resident/patient is on an NPO (nil per os, or nothing by mouth) diet, their personal menu will be cleared of any foods, and no personal menu items will be permitted to be added. For a resident/patient with NPO, a food-specific report (e.g., tray menu ticket or person-specific menu) will not be generated for them; however a non-food report (e.g., tray card ticket) will be generated for them.

To assign a NPO diet, complete the following steps: 

  1. Open the person's profile.
  2. From the Diets field, select NPO. The Texture and Fluid fields automatically change and are locked to NPO. 
    Note: The NPO option is not available for selection from the Texture and Fluid fields. You must select an NPO from the Diets field.  
  3. Click Save to apply your changes.

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  4. The above assigned diet order will clear the patient's personal menu of any foods, and no personal menu items will be permitted to be added.

FAQs

What Occurs on Instant Ordering (IO) and Advanced Ordering (AO) Screens for Patient on NPO?

A resident/patient on NPO still appears on the IO screen and AO screen in the Touch app; however, no food items are displayed for them, and their diet order (Diet, Texture, Fluid) is listed as NPO, as per screenshot below.

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Can a resident/patient on NPO order at a POS station?

If the POS location is set up to serve personalized menus (see Enabling Personalized Menus at a POS Station), then a resident/patient on NPO is not presented with any food items at a POS station when their name is assigned at that POS station.