Hospital Care-Adults / INPAC

Malnutrition in hospitals is a serious concern that is often not detected, diagnosed, or treated.  Up to 1 in 2 Canadian adults admitted across 18 hospitals for more than two days were found to be in a malnourished state (Allard et al., 2016). There is a need to take an evidence based approach towards preventing, detecting and treating malnutrition. CMTF has developed a large inventory of evidence based resources and tools to improve care related to hospital malnutrition.

INPAC and the INPAC Toolkit

The Integrated Nutrition Pathway for Acute Care (INPAC) is a pathway developed by Canadian clinicians and researchers to detect, monitor, and treat malnutrition in acute care patients. The INPAC Toolkit provides the knowledge and tools needed to take practical steps that will lead to big nutritional change for hospital patients.