National Accreditation Board for Healthcare Providers

The Food services department of hospital is responsible for fulfilling the food and diet requirements patients. In addition to patient, it can also cater to employees, patients’ family members and visitors.

The food services for patients plays important role in aiding to treatment and faster recovery of patient. The quality objectives of food services in hospital should be to provide right food to right patient at right time, provide food that is safe to consume and palatable and to avoid wastages of food.

To meet these objectives there are certain practices that must be followed which are also given under NABH standards. Here is the list of what a hospital’s food services department must do to provide quality services and also to meet NABH accreditation norms.