INPAC (Integrated Nutrition Pathway for Acute Care)

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. INPAC is considered a minimum standard to meeting the nutritional needs of patients. Key activities of INPAC are: 

• malnutrition screening assessment to diagnose malnutrition
• standard care to ensure all patients can access their food and have sufficient food they can eat
• monitoring to ensure patients are improving
• advanced care strategies to promote food intake with focused treatments and specialized care, provided by a nutrition professional

Integrated Nutrition Pathway for Acute Care
A graphic depiction of the nutrition care pathway

INPAC: Guidance Document
This document provides information on how to interpret the INPAC document

INPAC Online Toolkit

The INPAC online toolkit, developed from the More-2-Eat study, provides the 'what' and 'how' to improve nutrition care practices in your hospital. 

Online Toolkit

Download the complete INPAC toolkit (.pdf format)

Toolkit-pdf