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Description
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The percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of a wound or ulcer of any type who undergo nutritional screening with a validated tool (such as the Nestlé MNA) within the 12 month reporting period, and for whom an appropriate nutritional intervention was ordered based on the results of the tool. Using the MNA Short Form algorithm, if a patient at risk of malnutrition has an MNA score of 8-11 and documented weight loss, the clinician would be provided with general treatment, monitoring or rescreening recommendations. These include: nutrition interventions (e.g. diet enhancement and oral supplementation of 400 kcal/d2 ), close weight monitoring, and a more in depth nutrition assessment. Malnourished patients with scores of 0-7 would be offered treatment with nutritional intervention (ONS 400-600 kcal/d2 and diet enhancement), close weight monitoring and a more in depth nutrition assessment. No specific products will be recommended as part of the measure.
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