title: Auditing dietetic services: first of a series.
abstract: Dietetic audits may be used to assess quality of care or to evaluate the efficiency of a food service. Problems can be clearly identified through an audit, and solutions can be found to improve service and nutritional care. An audit also provides a basis for dietitian accountability. In this first of a series of four articles on dietetic audits, the authors describe the basic auditing process.
mesh_terms: D004045:Dietary Services / Q000592:standards*; D004046:Dietetics; D005521:Food Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D009820:Ohio; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards; D011787:Quality of Health Care