Developing an IDDSI-Compliant Dysphagia Diet: Is your facility's food for patients with dysphagia ready for next month's international standardization? Here's how one hospital prepared.

The article details the implementation of an International Dysphagia Diet Standardiation Initiative (IDDSI)-compliant diet for patients with dysphagia at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Topics mentioned include the mapping of the hospital's pre-existing solid level onto the IDDSI labels, the testing methods used including the spoon tilt test and syringe flow test, and the training of all people involved in patients' diets including cooks and tray line employees.