People's Daily Health Client Lin Jing The Seventh Medical Center of the Plaster General Hospital Yu Xiaobing
"The introduction of the guidelines means a change in the role of the nutrition department," 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 on March 28, "The function of the nutrition department will evolve from nutritional support and adjuvant treatment to clinical treatment!" ”
In order to guide and standardize the construction and management of the clinical nutrition department of medical institutions and improve the ability and service level of clinical nutrition diagnosis and treatment, the National Health Commission recently organized the drafting of the "Guidelines for the Construction and Management of Clinical Nutrition Departments (Trial)", which proposes that the clinical departments that independently carry out clinical nutrition diagnosis and treatment services in medical institutions are named clinical nutrition departments.
It is also clear that its job 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 food for special medical purposes, and formulating clinical nutrition-related work specifications for the institution.
"When everyone mentions the nutrition department, it is believed that it is the management of diet and eating, but in fact, diet is only a small piece of the work of the nutrition department, and it cannot represent the entire clinical business of the nutrition department of the hospital." Director Liu Chang'e introduced, "Nutrition has pharmacological effects in the treatment of certain diseases, which is a means of treatment, not a simple health care consultation and guidance. Now, nutritional therapy plays an irreplaceable role in the treatment of more and more diseases, such as tumor treatment, obesity, three highs, senile muscle decay syndrome and other diseases.
In addition, the Guidelines clearly stipulate that general hospitals above the second level and specialized hospitals such as oncology, children's and psychiatry should set up clinical nutrition departments, which should be built and managed in accordance with relevant regulations. Encourage other medical institutions with the capacity 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 concepts and demands are far beyond expectations, and the awareness and demand of nutrition are large. We have three outpatient clinics in the Nutrition Department, which are full every day, and the development of nutrition departments in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Guangzhou and other places is also common. 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 literacy of the public, the Chinese Nutrition Society, the Institute of Nutrition and Health of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and other units jointly initiated in 2015, and the third week of May every year was established as the National Nutrition Week, and nutrition science popularization activities with different themes will be carried out every year." At this time, the nutrition department of the hospital will also carry out a series of large-scale publicity activities such as free clinics, sending science popularization into military camps, communities, schools, etc., in order to popularize the concept of nutrition and health on a larger scale and benefit the people." Director Liu Chang'e said.
