Commonly prescribed nutritional products

Question 1

examples of different nutritional products?

Answer 1

1) ONS - oral nutrition supplements

2) GFF - Gluten free food

Question 2

What is malnutriotion?

Answer 2

stage of nutrition which a deficiency or excess of energy, protein and other nutrients causes measurable side effects.

Question 3

How to score for malnutriotion?

Answer 3

Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST)

Toolkit; bapen.org.uk

Question 4

Fortisip Compact

Answer 4

300kcals
12g protein
Ready to drink in 125ml bottles
Forest Fruit, strawberry, banana, vanilla, apricot, chocolate, neutral and mocha flavours
Costs £0.00 in hospital
Costs £1.20 in community
Suitable for someone who cannot tolerate large volumes and cannot make up the Aymes shake themselves.
Can be given in ‘shots’ e.g. 40mls TDS to aid compliance

Question 5

Ensure plus Juce

Answer 5

330 kcals
10.6g protein
Ready to drink in 220ml bottles
Apple, fruit punch, lemon and lime, orange, peach and strawberry flavours.
Costs £0.00 in hospital
Costs £2.40 in community
Used with patients who do not like milk

NOT recc for children under 1, caution in children under 5

Question 6

Aymes shake

Answer 6

388 kcals
19g protein
Powder made up with 200mls of full cream milk.
34p per sachet in hospital
52p in community
Vanilla, strawberry, chocolate, neutral, ginger and banana flavours
Not suitable for patients with neutropenia, CKD stage 4 and above, lactose intolerance and anyone who isn’t able to make a cup of tea

Question 7

Fortisip 2kcal

Answer 7

400kcals
20g protein
Ready to drink in 200ml bottles.
Vanilla, strawberry, chocolate, caramel, mocha and forest fruit flavours
Costs £0.00 in hospital
Costs £2.00 in community

for someone who needs extra calories and protein

Question 8

homeade v prescribed milk shake

Answer 8

homeade less cost
saem kcal
more protin at home - fresh skimmed milk

Question 9

Gluten free food and prescriptions

Answer 9

lists for available gluten free products are shrinking to only bread and flour in england

Question 10

For pateinst with malnutrition - what is cheaper than prescriptions?

Answer 10

prepaid debit card;

• preferred
• less waste
• patients have more choice
• GP not involved
• topped up every 3 months
• amount on crd worked out per nutriotional needs for age and gender