despite the mutation, virulence, difficulty and EXPENSE in treating these "Superbugs", REGULAR meal trays are taken into patient's rooms and, when removed, are placed on the tray carrier with all the other trays. there is no distinction or separate method or procedure for transporting them back to the kitchen! (I know they will be disinfected in the wash -- but think of what can happen between point A (pt room) and point B (dishwasher)
common sense is NOT COMMON anymore!
we USE to give isolation patients DISPOSABLE trays and tableware. then i guess we got so cocky that we thought we could kill any germ that came along -- so we did away with disposables. now, old bugs have mutated and new ones are arriving.
does anyone have a link or know of a resource that supports the use of disposable meal trays for patients in contact isolation???
i can't believe that the CDC hasn't changed its position on this.
please help! i'm trying to get this changed at our hospital.
We do things so different at our hospital. And in some cases, like this, that is a good thing. We do disposable trays for patients on any type of isolation. And dietary does not take them in, nursing staff does (that goes for all trays for us).
jessiern, BSN, RN
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We do things so different at our hospital. And in some cases, like this, that is a good thing. We do disposable trays for patients on any type of isolation. And dietary does not take them in, nursing staff does (that goes for all trays for us).