Hygienic-Sanitary conditions of Hospital Nutrition Services in Southern Brazil / Condições higienicossanitárias dos serviços de nutrição e dietética em hospitais do Sul do Brasil
This study evaluated the good handling practices in the ten HospitalNutrition Services of the respective hospitals in the South of Brazil, classified as general hospitals. For data collection, there was 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 related to responsibilities and edifications had the lowest adequacies, 67% and 73%, respectively, followed by the food handler block, with 76% of adequacies. The block referring to food handlers showed that few of them sanitize the hands during the change of activity. The classification of hospitals in relation to Good Handling Practices was satisfactory, however, greater failure was observed related to the practices of the food handlers, which are crucial for the safety of food produced in HospitalNutrition Services.