Nutrition Standards and Diet Specifications
The Nutrition standards for adult inpatients in NSW hospitals (2011), the Nutrition standards for consumers of inpatient mental health services in NSW (2013) and the Nutrition Standards for paediatric inpatients (2011) define the basic food and nutrition needs of adult and paediatric inpatients and are used as the basis of menu design. Separate detailed guidelines called diet specifications are needed by Dietitians and food service providers to facilitate the development of menus for patients, especially those with higher or special nutritional needs. Diet specifications give guidance about the type and quantities of suitable foods for adult inpatients needing a range of therapeutic diets.
Nutrition Standards
- Nutrition standards for adult inpatients in NSW hospitals, 2011
- Nutrition standards for paediatric inpatients in NSW hospitals, 2011
- Nutrition standards for consumers of inpatient mental health services in NSW, 2013
Diet Specifications for Adult Inpatients
- Diet Specifications for Adult Inpatients User Guide, 2015
- Factsheet - Revision of the Diet Specifications for Adult Inpatients, April 2015
- Revision summary table 1, March 2015
- Revision summary table 2, July 2015
- Revision summary table 3, September 2015
- Revision summary table 4, October 2015
- Revision summary table 5, December 2015
- Revision summary table 6, June 2016
- Revision summary table 7, December 2016
- Revision summary table 8, March 2017
- Revision summary table 9, June 2017
- Revision summary table 10, July 2017
- Revision summary table 11, November 2018
- ACI Diet Specifications - Pending changes, June 2016
- ACI Diet Specifications - Pending changes, June 2017
- Therapeutic Diet Specifications for Adult Inpatients (Version 1, 2011)
- More information about Preoperative Oral Fluids diets
Revised Individual Diets
Allergy diets
- Lupin - free diet specification fact sheet
- Elimination – simple, October 2016 (REVISED)
- Elimination – moderate, October 2016 (REVISED)
- Elimination – strict, October 2016 (REVISED)
- Fish free, July 2015
- Glutamate low, March 2017 (REVISED)
- Gluten free November 2018 (REVISED)
- Gluten free factsheet update November 2018 (NEW)
- Lactose – Low, July 2015
- Latex free, July 2015
- No Capsicum, July 2015
- No Garlic (strict), June 2016
- No Mushroom, July 2015
- No Onion (strict), June 2016
- No Tomato, July 2015
- Shellfish free, July 2015
Diets for diabetes
- Diabetes (October 2016, REVISED), previously Diabetes – Set Carbohydrate
- Diabetes – Higher Energy (October 2016, REVISED), previously Diabetes – No Set Carbohydrate
- Diabetes in pregnancy (October 2016, NEW)
Energy diets
Fibre-modified diets
- Fibre – high >25g, November 2015
- Fibre – high soluble, November 2015
- Fibre – moderate <20g, November 2015
- Fibre – low <10g, October 2015
Fluid diets
- Clear Fluids, April 2015
- Fluid Restriction 500ml (October 2016, REVISED)
- Fluid Restriction 800ml (October 2016, REVISED)
- Fluid Restriction 1000ml (October 2016, REVISED)
- Fluid Restriction 1200ml (October 2016, REVISED)
- Fluid Restriction 1500ml (June 2017, NEW)
- Fluids – Preoperative Oral, May 2016
- Fluids – Preoperative Oral Diabetes, May 2016
- Full fluids, April 2015
General diets
- High Fibre and Lower Fat, June 2017 (NEW)
- Low Microbial (July 2017, Revised)
- Maternity November 2018 (REVISED)
- Vegetarian and Seafood (July 2017, NEW)
Mineral / electrolyte diets
- Potassium – very low (50mmol), October 2016 (REVISED)
- Potassium – restricted – 70mmol, October 2015
- Sodium – 100mmol, September 2015
- Sodium – 50mmol, September 2015
Post-procedure diets
- Post – Fundoplication 1, June 2017 (REVISED)
- Post – Fundoplication 2, June 2017 (REVISED)
- Post – Gastrectomy, June 2017 (REVISED)
- Post – stoma, March 2017 (REVISED)
Protein diets
Texture modified diets
- Cutup, Feb 2015
- Liquid puree, April 2015
- Minced and bread – dental, May 2015
- Minced and moist – dysphagia, Feb 2015, previously Minced moist
- No mixed consistency, Feb 2015
- Puree and bread – dental, May 2015
- Smooth puree – dysphagia, Feb 2015, previously Smooth puree
- Soft – dental, March 2017 (REVISED)
- Soft – dysphagia, September 2015, previously Soft
Diet Specifications for Paediatric Inpatients
Reference Group
Terms of Reference, Nov 2017 The new TOR have been endorsed by the Reference Group and our NIHC Co-chair.
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Background
View the presentations from the launch of the Nutrition Standards, December 2011.