Congratulations to 2011's Best of the Best Award Winners!
The Best of the Best Award recipients from the International Nutrition Survey 2011 were announced on January 22 2012 at ASPEN's Clinical Nutrition Week in Orlando, Florida. In order to be eligible for the award sites had to finalize at least 20 patients in their ICU, have a feeding protocol in place in their ICU, and be willing to send us source documentation for purposes of data verification. Out of 183 sites from 27 countries that participated in the International Nutrition Survey, 126 sites were eligible for consideration for the Best of the Best Award. The top 10 sites are listed in ranked order below:
- 1. The Alfred The Alfred ICU, Melbourne, AU
- 2. Gold Coast Health Services District General Adult ICU, Gold Coast, AU
- 3. Trillium Health Centre ICU, Mississauga, CA
- 4. Beaumont Hospital Richmond ITU, Dublin, IE
5. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre CrCU, Toronto, CA
6. APOLLO HOSPITALS CRITICAL CARE UNIT, CHENNAI, IN
7. Apollo Speciality Hospitals INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, Madurai, IN
8. AMRI Hospitals AMRI MITU, Kolkata, IN
9. Beaumont Hospital General ICU, Dublin, IE (Tied for 9th place)
9. Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen D. Cuidados Criticos, Lima, PE (Tied for 9th place)
The following sites received honourable mention:
- Tri-Service Hospital MICU, Taipei, TW
- Regina General Hospital MPICU, Regina, CA
- APOLLO SPECIALITY HOSPITAL CRITICAL CARE UNIT, CHENNAI, IN
- Pasqua Hospital Pasqua Hospital ICU, , CA
- Royal Melbourne Hospital RMH ICU, Melbourne, AU