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Parenteral Nutrition is a method of providing nutrition support where nutrients are delivered directly into the blood via a dedicated venous catheter.

Parenteral nutrition can be of benefit to people in both the short and long term. It should be considered in people who have either an inadequate or unsafe oral and/ or enteral nutrition intake or have a non-functioning gastrointestinal tract. Parenteral nutrition should be stopped when the person is established on adequate oral and/or enteral nutrition support¹⁵.

Timely intervention and monitoring of parenteral nutrition is essential to achieve safe and effective care under the management of a nutrition support team²⁴.

People on long term parenteral nutrition require a regional service framework to ensure access to appropriate and high quality care as close to home as can be safely and cost effectively provided²⁵.