National Standard on Malnutrition Prevention, Detection and Treatment

CAN/HSO 5066:2021 - Malnutrition Prevention, Detection, and Treatment

A National Standard of Canada

This standard provides acute care organizations with best practices to prevent, detect, and treat malnutrition in adult and pediatric inpatients. The development of this standard was led by Canadian Malnutrition Task Force, who worked with the Health Standards Organization (HSO) Working Group and Technical Committee. This standard addresses processes and protocols to:

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