Standards for Nutrition Support

A.S.P.E.N. Board of Directors and the Clinical Guidelines Task Force. Guidelines for the use of parenteral and enteral nutrition in adult and pediatric patients [published correction appears in JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2002;26:144]. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2002;26(suppl):1SA-138SA.

Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals: The Official Handbook. The Joint Commission, January 2009. PC.01.02.01, PC 01.02.03.

Schneider PJ . Nutrition support teams: an evidence-based practice. Nutr Clin Pract. 2006;21:62-67.

Winkler MF . Improving safety and reducing harm associated with specialized nutrition support. Nutr Clin Pract. 2005;20:595-596.

Gurgueira GL Leite HP Taddei JA de Carvalho WB . Outcomes in a pediatric intensive care unit before and after the implementation of a nutrition support team. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2005;29:176-185.

O’Brien DD Hodges RE Day AT Waxman KS Rebello T . Recommendations of nutrition support team promote cost containment. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1986;10:300-302.

Traeger SM Williams GB Milliren G Young DS Fisher M Haug MT . Total parenteral nutrition by a nutrition support team: improved quality of care. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1986;10:408-412.

Goldstein M Braitman LE Levine GM . The medical and financial costs associated with termination of a nutrition support nurse. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2000;24:323-327.

Naylor CJ Griffiths RD Fernandez RS . Does a multidisciplinary total parenteral nutrition team improve patient outcomes? A systematic review. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2004;28:251-258.

Gales BJ Riley DG . Improved total parenteral nutrition therapy management by a nutritional support team. Hosp Pharm. 1994;29:469-470, 473-475.

Dalton MJ Schepers G Gee JP Alberts CC Eckhauser FE Kirking DM . Consultative total parenteral nutrition teams: the effect on the incidence of total parenteral nutrition-related complications. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1984;8:146-152.

Maurer J Weinbaum F Turner J . Reducing the inappropriate use of parenteral nutrition in an acute care teaching hospital. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1996;20:272-274.

ChrisAnderson D Heimburger DC Morgan SL . Metabolic complications of total parenteral nutrition: effects of a nutrition support service. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1996;20:206-210.

A.S.P.E.N. Practice Management Task Force: DeLegge M Wooley JA Guenter P . The state of nutrition support teams and update on current models for providing nutrition support therapy to patients. Nutr Clin Pract 2010;25:76-84.

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, and Task Force on Standards for Nutrition Support Physicians: Seashore JH McMahon M Wolfson M D’Angelo DW . Standards of practice for nutrition support physicians. Nutr Clin Pract. 2003;18:270-275.

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) Board of Directors and Nurses Standards Revision Task Force: DiMaria-Ghalili RA Bankhead R Fisher AA Kovacevich D Resler R Guenter PA . Standards of practice for nutrition support nurses. Nutr Clin Pract. 2007;22:458-465.

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) and American Dietetic Association (ADA). Standards of practice and standards of professional performance for Registered Dietitians (generalist, specialty, and advanced) in nutrition support. Nutr Clin Pract. 2007;22:558-586.

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, and Task Force for Revision of Nutrition Support Pharmacist Standards: Rollins C Durfee SM Holcombe BJ Kochevar M Nyffeler M Mirtallo J . Standards of practice for nutrition support pharmacists. Nutr Clin Pract. 2008;23:189-194.

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) Board of Directors and Clinical Practice Committee. Definition of terms, style, and conventions used in A.S.P.E.N. Board of Directors-approved documents. http://www.nutritioncare.org/Library.aspx . Published March 2010. Accessed March 30, 2010.

Weekes CE Elia M Emery PW . The development, validation and reliability of a nutrition screening tool based on the recommendations of the British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN). Clin Nutr. 2004;23:1104-1112.

Kondrup J Rasmussen H Hamberg O Stanga Z . Nutritional risk screening (NRS 2002): a new method based on an analysis of controlled clinical trials. Clin Nutr. 2003;22:321-336.

Kyle UG Kossovsky MP Karsegard VL Pichard C . Comparison of tools for nutritional assessment and screening at hospital admission: a population study. Clin Nutr. 2006;25:409-417.

Lacey K Pritchett E . Nutrition care process and model: ADA adopts road map to quality care and outcomes management. J Am Diet Assoc. 2003;103:1061-1072.

American Dietetic Association. Identifying patients at risk: ADA’s definitions for nutrition screening and nutrition assessment. Council on Practice (COP) Quality Management Committee. J Am Diet Assoc. 1994;94:838-839.

Russell MK Mueller C . Nutrition screening and assessment. In: Gottschlich M , ed. The A.S.P.E.N. Nutrition Support Core Curriculum: A Case-Based Approach—The Adult Patient. Silver Spring, MD: A.S.P.E.N.; 2007:163-186.

Marian M McGinnis C . Overview of enteral nutrition. In: Gottschlich MM , ed. The A.S.P.E.N. Nutrition Support Core Curriculum: A Case-Based Approach—The Adult Patient. Silver Spring, MD: A.S.P.E.N.; 2007:187-208.

Mirtallo J . Overview of parenteral nutrition. In: Gottschlich MM , ed. The A.S.P.E.N. Nutrition Support Core Curriculum: A Case-Based Approach—The Adult Patient. Silver Spring MD: A.S.P.E.N.; 2007:264-276.

Pesce-Hammond K Wessel J . Nutrition assessment and decision making. In: Merritt R , ed. The A.S.P.E.N. Nutrition Support Practice Manual. 2nd ed. Silver Spring, MD: A.S.P.E.N.; 2005:3-37.

Mirtallo J Canada T Johnson D ; Task Force for the Revision of Safe Practices for Parenteral Nutrition. Safe practices for parenteral nutrition [published correction appears in JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2006;30:177]. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2004;28:S39-S70.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. MMWR 2002;51(RR-10):1-29.

Bankhead RR Fang JC . Enteral access devices. In: Gottschlich M , ed. The A.S.P.E.N. Nutrition Support Core Curriculum: A Case-Based Approach—The Adult Patient. Silver Spring, MD: A.S.P.E.N.; 2007:233-245.

Metheny N Dettenmeier P Hampton K Wiersema L Williams P . Detection of inadvertent respiratory placement of small-bore feeding tubes: a report of 10 cases. Heart Lung. 1990;19:631-638.

Krzywda E Andris D Edmiston C Wallace J . Parenteral access devices. In: Gottschlich M , ed. The A.S.P.E.N. Nutrition Support Core Curriculum: A Case-Based Approach—The Adult Patient. Silver Spring, MD: A.S.P.E.N.; 2007:300-322.

Anderson A Palmer D MacFie J . Peripheral parenteral nutrition. Br J Surg 2003;90:1048-1054.

Pharmaceutical compounding—sterile preparations (general information chapter 797). In: The United States pharmacopeia, 30th rev, and The National Formulary. 25th ed. Rockville, MD: The United States Pharmacopeial Convention; 2007:334-51.

A.S.P.E.N. Board of Directors and Task Force on Parenteral Nutrition Standardization: Kochevar M Guenter P Holcombe B Malone A Mirtallo J . A.S.P.E.N. statement on parenteral nutrition standardization. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2007;31:441-448.

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. ASHP guidelines on the safe use of automated compounding devices for the preparation of parenteral nutrition admixtures. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2000;57:1343-1348.

The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) Aluminum Task Force; Charney PJ . A.S.P.E.N. Statement on Aluminum in Parenteral Nutrition Solutions. Nutr Clin Pract. 2004;19:416-417.

Bankhead R Boullata J Brantley S , and the A.S.P.E.N. Board of Directors. Enteral nutrition practice recommendations. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2009;33:122-167.

Mermel LA Allon M Bouza E Craven DE . Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter related infection: 2009 update by the infectious diseases society of America. CID. 2009;49:1-45.

Marschall J Mermel LA Classen D Aria KM . Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute care hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008;29(suppl 1):S22-S30.

Muto C Herbert C Harrison E . Reduction in central line-associated bloodstream infections among patients in intensive care units—Pennsylvania, April 2001–March 2005. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2005;54:1013-1016.

Berenholtz S Pronovost P Lippsett P . Eliminating catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. Crit Care Med. 2004;32:2014-2020.

Pronovost P Needham D Berenholtz S . An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. N Engl J Med. 2006;355:2725-2732.

Sacks G Mayhew S Johnson D . Parenteral nutrition implementation and management. In: Merritt R , ed. The A.S.P.E.N. Nutrition Support Practice Manual. 2nd ed. Silver Spring, MD: A.S.P.E.N.; 2005:108-117.

Infusion Nurses Society. Infusion nursing standards of practice. J Infus Nurs. 2006;29(1 suppl):S42-S44.

Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.). Guidelines for the provision and assessment of nutrition support therapy in the adult critically ill patient. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2009;33:277-316.

Tablan OC Anderson LJ Besser R . Guidelines for preventing health-care-associated pneumonia, 2003: recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2004;53(RR-3):1-36.

Metheny NA Clouse MD Chang Yie-Hwa . Tracheobronchial aspiration of gastric contents in critically ill tube-fed patients: frequency, outcomes and risk factors. Crit Care Med. 2006;34:1007-1015.

McClave S DeMeo M DeLegge M . North American summit on aspiration in the critically ill patient: consensus statement. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2002;26(6 suppl):S80-S85.

Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation. Enteral feeding set connectors and adapters. Nutr Clin Pract. 1997;12:Insert.

Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert. Tubing misconnections—a persistent and potentially deadly occurrence, Issue 36. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. http://www.jointcommission.org/SentinelEvents/SentinelEventAlert/sea_36.htm . Published April 3, 2006. Accessed November 25, 2008.

ECRI. Preventing misconnections of lines and cables. Health Devices. March 2006;81-95.

Guenter P Hicks RW Simmons D Crowley J . Enteral feeding misconnections: a consortium position statement. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:285-292.

Rollins C . Drug-nutrient interactions. In: Gottschlich M , ed. The A.S.P.E.N. Nutrition Support Core Curriculum: A Case-Based Approach—The Adult Patient. Silver Spring, MD: A.S.P.E.N.; 2007:340-359.

Mitchell JF . Oral dosage forms that should not be crushed. Institute for Safe Medication Practices. http://www.ismp.org/ . Updated November 2009. Accessed April 2, 2010.

Rollins C Thomson C Crane T . Pharmacotherapeutic issues. In: Rolandelli RH Bankhead R Boullata JI Compher CW , eds. Clinical Nutrition: Enteral and Tube Feeding, 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders; 2005:291-305.

The Joint Commission. Accreditation Program: hospital, national patient safety goals. http://www.jointcommission.org/NR/rdonlyres/868C9E07-037F-433D-8858-0D5FAA4322F2/0/RevisedChapter_HAP_NPSG_20090924.pdf . Published 2009. Accessed February 26, 2010.

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Board of Directors and the Standards for Specialized Nutrition Support Task Force: Kovacevich DS Frederick A Kelly D Nishikawa R Young L . Standards for specialized nutrition support: home care patients. Nutr Clin Pract. 2005;20:579-590.

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Board of Directors and Task Force on Standards for Specialized Nutrition Support for Hospitalized Adult Patients: Russell MK Andrews MR Brewer CK Rogers JZ Seidner DL . Standards for specialized nutrition support: adult hospitalized patients. Nutr Clin Pract. 2002;17:384-391.

A.S.P.E.N. Clinical Pathways Task Force. Clinical Pathways and Algorithms for Delivery of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Support in Adults. Silver Spring, MD: American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition; 1998.