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| DIETARY DIVISION |
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The Dietary Division at BGUH is a large, complex and dynamic organization
responsible for all food and nutrition services. The Dietary Division provides
services for all patient populations including pediatric, neonatal, adolescent,
adult, and geriatric. Service to specialty units includes the following:Burn,
Renal Center, Oncology and Hematology, Transplant, Intensive care unit,
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Surgery Unit,
Cardiac Rehabilitation, Digestive Disease, OB/GYN, Eating Disorders and
endocrine disorders. The Dietary Division also provides services to visitors,
guests and medical staff. The Dietary Division supports the hospital's vision
through its commitment to education and research.
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| Mission and Vision |
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| The Department's innovative mission is to provide quality community based
services. We provide nutrition care for all inpatients and for clients in many
ambulatory settings; we manage production and service of all meals for
patients, staff, and visitors and provide an extensive catering service. The
Department is also committed to teaching. Our mission is to educate students,
professionals, and the public about the role of food, nutrition, and health in
all aspects of life |
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| Goals |
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Our goals are:
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To promote individualized medical nutrition therapy in a multidisciplinary
approach as a means to optimize patient care at BGUH.
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To offer nutritionally adequate, attractive, and satisfying meals to patients,
staff, visitors, and guests with accurate diet modifications for patients as
ordered by the medical staff.
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To provide ongoing education in all aspects of nutrition and food service.
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To serve as a resource to the employees and students at BGUH
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| Programs and Services |
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Clinical Nutrition Services Provides:
Timely nutrition assessment, counseling, nutrition education and instruction as
ordered by the medical staff and/or as defined in departmental policies to meet
the needs of patients’ various backgrounds. Standardized approaches to
nutrition care used throughout the hospital and based on internationally
published guidelines. Clinical nutrition services provide services to both
inpatients and outpatients.
Food Services Provides:
Nutritionally adequate, well-balanced, attractive, and satisfying meals to
patients, staff, visitors, and guests; with accurate diet modifications for
patients as ordered by the medical staff and planned by a qualified dietitian.
A safe and sanitary food service environment, according to the standards of
quality as established by the Accreditation Standards of the Lebanese ministry
of health. Patient Food Service is provided for hospital inpatients through
room service. Retail Food Service is provided for all staff, faculty, students,
visitors, guests through the Staff and visitors Dining Room and visitors'
cafeteria. The Dietary Division is committed to providing healthy menu choices.
Catering service provide nutrient analysis of menu items.
Education :
The Dietary Division at BGUH is committed to education.The department conducts
an 11-month dietetic internship program. The program is directed by the
director of Dietary Division and supervised by an internship coordinator. The
Dietetic Internship Program is a generalist program offering management,
clinical, research, and community experiences.
We provide a community-focused dietetic internship that fosters the development
of Registered Dietitians who promote healthy lifestyles and improve the
nutritional status of the community through education and supportOur goals are
to graduate interns who are committed to serving professionally in the field of
dietetics and who are able to competently deliver nutrition services to
population groups who have a wide range of interests, educational backgrounds,
income levels and cultural differences.
The department is also committed to teaching. Research is carried on in the
division with the goal of improving and expanding the delivery of dietetic
services.
Training and on-going education is also a major activity in the Dietary Division
in order to achieve and maintain excellence in the provision of services.
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| Location |
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| The Dietary Division is located on the Basement floor 1 (B1) of the hospital
Main Building, near the restaurant. |
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