Use and safety of enteral nutrition protocols in acute care: A scoping review of literature and retrospective audit of practice.

Aim: Standardised enteral nutrition protocols are recommended in critical care, however their use and safety are not well described in other inpatient populations. This mixed methods study reports on the use and safety of enteral nutrition protocols for non-critically ill adults.

Methods: A scoping review of published literature was conducted.

Adding mini meals to a nasogastric refeeding protocol for patients with eating disorders can be achieved on general hospital wards.

Background: Treatment of medically compromised patients with eating disorders is difficult in general hospital wards. There is currently no consensus on the best feeding method; however, previous research has demonstrated the safety of using enteral feeding. Because an oral diet has benefits on psychological and behavioural pathways, concurrent feeding requires further investigation.

Acceptability of using a nasogastric refeeding protocol with adult patients with medically unstable eating disorders.

Rationale, Aims And Objectives: Nasogastric feeding is becoming commonly used to support patients with medically compromised eating disorders. Previous research has demonstrated the safety of this approach, however there is limited evidence as to how adult patients and staff perceive this feeding method. This study aimed to describe the acceptability of a nasogastric refeeding protocol with adult patients with medically unstable eating disorders and the staff involved in their treatment.

Access to inpatient diabetes resources: hospital characteristics from the inaugural Queensland Inpatient Diabetes Survey.

Background: Diabetes is common in hospitalised patients and despite this inpatient diabetes care in Queensland has not had large scale benchmarking or audit.

Aims: To establish the prevalence of diabetes in Queensland hospitals and assess the availability of specialised diabetes staff, educational resources and policies for inpatient diabetes management, including assessing equity of access to these resources.

Methods: The hospital capacity, prevalence of diabetes, diabetes-related resources and the availability of diabetes-related guidelines were assessed in 25 hospitals medical, surgical, mental health, high-dependency and intensive care wards across Queensland.

The Queensland Inpatient Diabetes Survey (QuIDS) 2019: the bedside audit of practice.

Objectives: To assess the quality of care for patients with diabetes in Queensland hospitals, including blood glucose control, rates of hospital-acquired harm, the incidence of insulin prescription and management errors, and appropriate foot and peri-operative care.

Design, Setting: Cross-sectional audit of 27 public hospitals in Queensland: four of five tertiary/quaternary referral centres, four of seven large regional or outer metropolitan hospitals, seven of 13 smaller outer metropolitan or small regional hospitals, and 12 of 88 hospitals in rural or remote locations.

Participants: 850 adult inpatients with diabetes mellitus in medical, surgical, mental health, high dependency, or intensive care wards.