Food Services Department
A healthy eating
plan is a great first step in feeling better. At Shamokin
Area Community Hospital (SACH), the food service department
strives to provide quality nutritious meals and nourishment
to patients in an effort to brighten spirits as well
as taste buds as they embark
on the lifestyle of healthier living.
SACH food service employees take pride in
serving homemade or onsite prepared meals and accommodate
patients' food
preferences, allergies and therapeutic needs.
The food service department focuses on customer
service, which is highlighted through catering of
hospital-sponsored meetings, various
organization dinners/meetings (such as Alzheimer' s and diabetic
support groups and Relay for Life) and employee appreciation
events.
Serving thousands of people who travel through the hospital each month
(patients as well as their families), food services is dedicated to
healthy eating and helping others. Daily hours of operation of the food
service department are 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The registered dietitian at SACH assures that
patients' nutritional
needs are being met through adequate menus and nutrition
support. Nutritional assessments are completed on all patients
admitted to TCU and any in-patient
who is triggered to be at nutritional risk. The dietician
recommends therapeutic diets and nutritional supplements,
coordinates patient care
with health team members, attends patient care plan meetings,
performs discharge diet restrictions, counsels out patients,
monitors food service
production and patient meal satisfaction and serves on
various hospital committees.
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