CE update
OCTOBER 2019
Measles update As at 8am 30 October 2019, there have been 34 confirmed cases of measles in Waikato DHB since 1 August (50 since 1 January 2019). Most are related to the Auckland outbreaks. The Ministry of Health have confirmed supply of the vaccines through until the end of year. This will enable the continued delivery of the national childhood immunisation schedule as well as extending the priority groups as follows: • Vaccination of all 1 to 4 year olds whose vaccinations are overdue – including active recall of children aged under 5 years who need catch-up vaccination. • Vaccination of all unimmunised children aged 5 to 14 years of age (one catch-up dose of MMR for those aged 5 to 14 years who do not have one documented MMR vaccination) A Measles Action Plan and group formed from the Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS) team, and endorsed by the Ministry of Health, will oversee the measles response and ensure that a strong equity focus is maintained. Out of all cases over 80 percent have been Māori and Pacific ethnicity with 19 percent non-Māori and Pacific. This page on our website www.waikatodhb.health.nz/measles is updated frequently with confirmed measles cases, advice, resources and information about vaccine supply.
My Kai
Congratulations to the Nutrition and Food team for their successful implementation of the new electronic platform My Kai that provides personalised nutrition care and improved patient safety. I hear it went seamlessly live on 22 October with all patients receiving their meals on time. My Kai automatically picks up the diet requirements entered into the Patient Flow Management system (PFM), so a patient’s menu choices, meals and beverages are customised to their individual dietary needs and clinical care while they are in hospital. In the past patients selected meal items not knowing whether they were suitable for them or not.
DID YOU KNOW? Over 2400 patient meals are prepared each day at Waikato Hospital
We have an excellent Nutrition and Food service and they have invested a substantial amount of work into My Kai over the last year to replace and streamline a number of outdated systems. I couldn’t agree more with the My Kai tagline, ‘food is medicine’, as it does play a part in each patients care plan.
What’s new with My Kai:
• Patients can trust that menu choices offered for them are already suitable for the diet code(s) that clinical staff enter for them into PFM
• In some wards, Nutrition and Food staff are taking the patients meal selection at the bedside directly onto an electronic device without the need for paper menus • Ability to automatically calculate nutrients based on meal selection
• Nutrition information and diet codes stay with the patient wherever they are within the hospital. Clinical staff can enter and make changes to a diet code directly into PFM without needing to make a phone call • No more faxing of menu
• Ability to capture and trend information needed for menu planning, ordering and production that will help reduce things like food waste and better plan nutritional needs My Kai will also enable more patient centred care in the future such as options for patients to order their meals online themselves.
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