N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43G-10.10

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:43G-10.10 - Dietary continuous quality improvement methods

(a) There shall be a program of continuous quality improvement for dietary services that is integrated into the hospital continuous quality improvement program and includes regularly collecting and analyzing data to help identify health-service problems and their extent, and recommending, implementing, and monitoring corrective actions based on this data.

(b) Patient satisfaction shall be monitored on an ongoing basis, and a survey mechanism shall be in place that produces quarterly summaries.

(c) As part of its quality assurance activities, the dietary service shall maintain a log detailing problem identification, action, and follow-up.

(d) There shall be a system in place to ensure the accuracy of dietary orders that are transmitted to the dietary service. This system shall be monitored as part of the quality assurance program.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43G-10.10

Amended by R.1999 d.436, effective 12/20/1999.
See: 31 New Jersey Register 367(a), 31 New Jersey Register 614(a), 31 New Jersey Register 4293(a).
In (a), substituted references to continuous quality improvement for references to quality assurance throughout.