Digital quality assurance for everyday clinical practice

Recommendations do not reach everyday clinical practice

Studies show that the implementation of food safety recommendations is inadequate in many hospitals. For example, only around 10% of clinics specifically avoid high-risk foods for vulnerable patient groups, while more than half are not even aware of the recommendations of the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment. At the same time, 27% of hospital staff rate hygiene as "inadequate". These deficits in control and audit culture significantly increase the risk of incidents.

Allergies and dietary errors as a risk factor

In Switzerland alone, around 10,000 cases of foodborne infections are reported every year, with faulty hospital catering being one of the main causes. Analyses from Switzerland and the USA also show that although errors in allergies and dietary requirements are rare, they often have serious consequences, including life-threatening reactions. These errors often occur at the anamnesis or ordering stage, when allergy information is overlooked or insufficiently documented.

Errors due to lack of traceability

In many clinics, the digital recording and archiving of meals and kitchen processes is not yet established. As a result, there are no seamless logs that would enable quick tracing in the event of an emergency. Errors are detected too late, important warnings are overlooked and legal liability risks increase. International data also confirms this: The main causes of critical errors are not technology, but organizational deficiencies and a lack of process reliability.

Quality assurance and traceability with the FoodScanner

Nutrai's FoodScanner closes these gaps and establishes a modern quality assurance system.

- Automatic comparison of meals with orders: Allergies, intolerances and dietary requirements are systematically checked and deviations are displayed immediately.

- Seamless archiving: every meal is digitally documented - audit-proof and compliant with known standards.

- Fast traceability: In the event of a suspected case, all relevant data can be retrieved so that clinics can react immediately.

- Measurable quality assurance: Instead of manual checklists, a consistent, digital control system is created that noticeably increases safety and transparency in everyday clinical practice.

This turns traceability into genuine quality assurance - patient safety, legal compliance and efficiency combined in one system.