BAPEN Malnutrition self-screening tool
BAPEN have developed a simple screening tool that can be used to identify patients who may be at risk of becoming malnourished.
It is based on the ‘Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool’ (MUST, a validated nutrition screening tool developed by BAPEN to help identify adults at risk of under-nutrition and can be accessed by clicking here.
Patients just need to enter their current weight and height along with the weight they were 3 – 6 months ago. If the patient is identified as low, medium or high risk of malnutrition an advice sheet can be downloaded and discussed:
- GREEN (Low risk): http://www.malnutritionpathway.co.uk/files/uploads/Green_leaflet_final.pdf
- YELLOW (Medium risk): http://www.malnutritionpathway.co.uk/files/uploads/Yellow_leaflet_final.pdf
- RED (High risk): http://www.malnutritionpathway.co.uk/files/uploads/Red_leaflet_final.pdf