Bacterial contamination of blenderized whole food and commercial enteral tube feedings in the Philippines

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 268-273

  Mihaly I ^a   Telegdy, L ^a   Ibranyi E ^a   Lukacs A ^a   Rokusz L ^a   Bankuti E ^a   Doczy J ^a  

^a St Laszlo Central Hospital for Infectious Diseases   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Blended enteral feedings; Coliform count; Standard plate count

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; HOSPITAL FOOD SERVICE; NONHUMAN; PHILIPPINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STANDARD;

EID: 0035691932     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2001.1093     Document Type: Article

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