A multicentre prospective audit of bedside hydration in hospital

access to water at the bedside is a cornerstone of patient care. Among bedbound inpatients, water within reach at the bedside is a basic human dignity and one that ought not to be neglected.the authors sought to identify the extent to which accessible hydration facilities were provided to a bedbound inpatient population.a cross-sectional, point-prevalent audit of hospitalised medical inpatients across five centres was conducted. Data were...