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Hello all -

I am very curious to know how other inpatient facilities manage the delivery & pick-up of patient meal trays to isolation rooms.  Do meal service assistants perform this? If so, do they don the fully required PPE or don gloves & walk in & pick -up the tray and walk out, with the assumption that it is a minimal contact, low risk activity?  Does your nursing staff assume this role?  Is there some combination of duties or other model?  I have seen several different models used in the past and wondering what the current practice is.

TIA for your help!

At Kaiser we have food services deliver to most isolation patients (Contact, Contact Plus, and Droplet Precautions), with expectation that they are wearing the full PPE. For patients in Airborne Precautions or Enhanced Respiratory/Contact (COVID19), the food service staff leave the tray for nursing to deliver. Interested to hear what others do, this has been a hot topic over the last few years!

Hello all -

I am very curious to know how other inpatient facilities manage the delivery & pick-up of patient meal trays to isolation rooms.  Do meal service assistants perform this? If so, do they don the fully required PPE or don gloves & walk in & pick -up the tray and walk out, with the assumption that it is a minimal contact, low risk activity?  Does your nursing staff assume this role?  Is there some combination of duties or other model?  I have seen several different models used in the past and wondering what the current practice is.

TIA for your help!