News Round-up
BDA Launches Practice Toolkit:
The Use of Blended Diet with Enteral Feeding Tubes
Once upon a time, the use of a blended diet with enteral feeding tubes was viewed with caution. What do we mean by a blended diet? Liquidised tube-feeds, blenderised food, liquidised diet, and pureed table food. It has generated much discussion among people on enteral tube feeds, families, healthcare professionals and industry.
In November 2019 a specially convened group of dietitians from The Association of UK Dietitians (BDA) Paediatric and Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Specialist Groups, as well as specially invited external experts developed a BDA Position Statement on the subject: www.bda.uk.com/resource/the-use-of-blended-diet-with-enteral-feeding-tubes.html.
In November 2021, the BDA launched their ‘Practice Toolkit: The Use of Blended Diet with Enteral Feeding Tubes’. While this toolkit is aimed at dietitians, if this is a topic that interests you, or is a conversation you wish to have with your dietitian then you can refer to the toolkit, ideally, they are already aware of it: www.bda.uk.com/resource/launch-of-bda-practice-toolkit-the-use-of-blended-diet-with-enteral-feeding-tubes.html
For more information, please visit PINNT’s website here: https://pinnt.com/News/News/Non-Members/The-use-of-blended-diet-with-enteral-feeding-tub.aspx
LITRE Publishes User Assessment Report on the Latest Pump from Fresenius Kabi
PINNT’s standing committee, Looking into the Requirements for Equipment* – LITRE – has published a report on the Fresenius Kabi Ambix nova ambulatory parenteral nutrition pump has been published.
The User Assessment took place during November and December 2021. The final report was approved in February 2022.
The report covers key aspects on this pump along with the recommendation for parenteral nutrition ambulatory pumps and relevant kit for all pumps.
If anyone at home on parenteral nutrition would like to know more about this pump, please contact your own healthcare team, not your home supplier. The decision about a pump is a clinical one, therefore it must be discussed with them.
You can read and download the report here: https://pinnt.com/News/News/Non-Members/New-report-from-LITRE.aspx
*LITRE is a multi-professional panel and is led by patients and has been convened to look at equipment and services.
PENG AWARD 2022
Calling all PENG members doing audit and research
An exciting opportunity for three PENG members* to get a supportive educational grant to enable them to present their work at national level and attend the BAPEN conference in Brighton 29-30 November 2022, for further details see: www.bapen.org.uk.
*Not a PENG member? Not a problem! You can add PENG membership to your main BDA membership, via the BDA’s website: www.bda.uk.com/login.html
Supportive educational grant
Abbott, Fresenius Kabi and Nutricia have very kindly offered to jointly provide three educational awards of £500 to cover registration the two-day BAPEN conference, accommodation and travel. Please note that winners will be responsible for booking their own travel, accommodation and registration.
How to apply
Prepare an abstract on nutrition support following guidance from BAPEN: www.bapen.org.uk then before closing date 24 June 2022 submit your abstract to BAPEN following their instructions and send an additional copy clearly marked ‘PENG award 2022’ to: peng@bda.uk.com.
Abstracts for PENG award will be judged by members of PENG and industry representatives. Results will be announced in August, to allow successful applicants to complete ‘early bird’ registration with BAPEN in September 2022.
PENG mentoring scheme: If you are unsure how to start writing an abstract, have a question about analysing your data, or wish to access some peer support please send an email clearly titled: ‘Support with PENG Award 2022’ to: peng@bda.uk.com.