title: Microbial contamination of enteral feeds.
abstract: The microbiological quality of 4 feed ingredients and 29 hospital-prepared non-sterile enteral feeds were determined. All 4 feed ingredients yielded no growth of micro-organisms, but all 29 enteral feeds had aerobic viable counts exceeding 10(5) organisms g-1 with a high coliform count in each feed. Both the aerobic palte count and the coliform count exceeded numerical limits for micro-organisms in enteral feeds. Sources of contamination were the feed containers and the liquidizer which were inadequately disinfected.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chantrakooptungool
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rahule
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saksangounmanoon
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Surapatana
mesh_terms: D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D005506:Food Contamination; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005521:Food Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013785:Thailand