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José Antonio Irles Rocamora¹

¹Hospital Universitario Ntra.Sra. de Valme.

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|February 2, 2021

Summary

Total Quality Management (TQM) enhances clinical nutrition by improving organization and efficiency. Implementing TQM leads to better resource management and patient care, though challenges like disease-related malnutrition coding remain.

Keywords:

Gestión de la calidad total. Garantía de calidad. Tratamiento nutricional. Servicio de alimentación. Hospital.

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Area of Science:

Clinical Nutrition
Healthcare Management
Quality Improvement

Background:

Total Quality Management (TQM) is an underrecognized aspect of clinical nutrition excellence.
Other recognized elements include continuous training and research.

Purpose of the Study:

Discuss the foundations of quality management tools like TQM and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI).
Describe key achievements of TQM in clinical nutrition units.
Identify future challenges for TQM implementation in this field.

Main Methods:

Review of quality management principles and their application in clinical nutrition.
Analysis of case studies from nutrition units implementing TQM.
Identification of challenges and future directions.

Main Results:

At least 9 clinical nutrition units have adopted TQM, achieving external quality certification (e.g., ISO 9001).
TQM implementation prompted reflection on user expectations, activity documentation, organizational understanding, and staff responsibilities.
Benefits include error reduction, elimination of redundant activities, and improved time and resource management.

Conclusions:

TQM is a valuable tool for achieving excellence in clinical nutrition through efficient organizational improvement and enhanced results.
Significant progress has been made, but further development is needed in processes, indicators, standards, and particularly in coding disease-related malnutrition (DRM).
Addressing DRM coding is crucial due to its substantial impact on patient care.