Hygienic-Sanitary Conditions of Hospital Nutrition Services in Southern Brazil

Abstract

This study evaluated the good handling practices in the ten Hospital Nutrition Services of therespective hospitals in the South of Brazil, classified as general hospitals. For data collection, therewas used a Checklist for Good Handling Practices for Food Services based on current legislation.Among the results, the average of adequacy of the hospitals stand out, showing that the items relatedto responsibilities and edifications had the lowest adequacies, 67% and 73%, respectively, followedby the food handler block, with 76% of adequacies. The block referring to food handlers showedthat few of them sanitize the hands during the change of activity. The classification of hospitals inrelation to Good Handling Practices was satisfactory, however, greater failure was observed relatedto the practices of the food handlers, which are crucial for the safety of food produced in HospitalNutrition Services.