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Manual: Hospice Policy and Procedure Manual (Ver 3) Department: HOSPICE External Reference: JCAHO: PC.6.10, PC.6.30, IM.6.20
MCN’s customizable template, Drug-Food Interactions, is taken from our Hospice Policy and Procedure Manual. MCN Healthcare’s proven policy and procedure templates, competencies and compliance tools have assisted more than 20,000 health care organizations worldwide meet their regulatory compliance goals. Health care organizations around the world utilize MCN’s compliant ready templates and workflow process tools to help them meet the latest changes in regulations and standards. Here is some sample content from Drug-Food Interactions:
| | PURPOSE:
To provide guidelines and instruction to patients and families/caregivers on potential drug-food interactions and counseling on nutrition intervention and/or modified diets.
POLICY:
Patients/families/caregivers will receive information regarding potential drug-food interactions and when appropriate, written and verbal instructions about nutrition and diets.
PROCEDURE:
Upon admission, the patient, family or caregiver will receive information on food, drug and alcohol interactions, describing the most common types of interactions known.
If the patient is receiving medications not... |
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| | ...contacted for any additional information.
Hospice will review the information with the patient in relation to the medications the patient is currently receiving.
During subsequent home visits, Hospice uses the information as a resource whenever a change in the patient's medication regimen occurs.
When a patient is on a special diet, Hospice will discuss with the patient, family and caregiver written or verbal information related to:
Purpose of the diet
Relationship to disease process
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