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Food-borne illness, article summary

Sherginia Louis Jeune

College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Boston

HLTH 212: Health Promotion &Teaching

Linda Chiofar

July 6th, 2021

Accepted Safe Food-Handling Procedures Minimizes Microbial Contamination of

Home-Prepared Blenderized Tube-Feeding

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In the article, food-handling procedures minimizes microbial of home-prepared

blenderized tube-feeding, Milton et al. (2020) focused their research on a Healthy people

2030 on preventing food-borne illnesses by improving food safety practices, the processes of

the guidelines of BTF and the utilization of meal preparation. On the other hand, they use of

the CEF were also recommended to use of the preparation as well. The purpose of the study

was to ensure that a well-prepared food will lower the risk of contamination of the disease,

and the American people will be able to stay inform about the recommendation of the washer

of the BTF. They will also be able to utilize the food code cleaning and sanitizer dishes and

utensils. This summary will explain a well introduction/background, methods, results,

discussion /conclusion and limitations of utilization of the BTF.

The logic of the study was to demonstrate and analyze the method cooking of the

BTF and the ingredients putting on the blender and the nutrition clinical practice, and this

study was also made to identify the use of food technical and it important to reduce the risk of

bacterial analytical. Healthy people 2030, as cited Milton et al. (2020) mentioned that

samples were tested to the lab for the same microbial and followed the same procedures in

the previous study. This research is particularly important for the people American, because it

gave them an idea on how to safely use the sample.

The participants were 19 or older, living within a 15-minute drive to the laboratory. The

complete demographic information was not used on this research; instead, 50 individuals

agreed to participate in this experiment and were simply identified as American. The research

was quantitative/qualitative and used mix methods. In order to find the answer to the research

question, researchers gave participants a way to do the procedure of making the BTF

themselves and washing the objects, preventing bacteria from entering the blender. In

addition to that, Participants received phone calls the night before they received the meal kit

to review procedures and to remind them to follow specific steps such as washing materials,
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using warm soap and water, sanitizing items by soaking them in water, and allowing the

objects to air-dry. According to Milton et al. (2020) researchers collected and preserved

samples from participants and then tested them for the same microbial variable in order to get

a better idea for the recipe and the preparation of the BTF.

The purpose of the study was to apply the methods used in a hospital to a home

environment, and the results showed that these processes are effective. Prior research showed

efforts to replace BTF with CEF, but this study showed that BTF does not need to be

displaced because BTF will not put people's lives in danger if the method is used correctly.

However, according to Milton et. al, (2020 p. 80) “CEF displaced the use of blended-food–

feeding primarily because of concerns of bacterial contamination and inconsistent nutrient

content of BTF. Franca et al concluded that the higher osmolarity of BTF and increased risk

of bacterial contamination inherent with food preparation make CEF the preferred."

However, according to Milton et al. (2020) the results are important because they show

that following given guidelines is the most important way that HEN patients can take care of

themselves. The HEN population that could benefit from this service is growing, and

therefore it is important to minimize bacterial contamination. According to Milton et al.

(2020) there will not be any necessary increase in research for this objective. However,

researchers mentioned that we need to extend our healthcare in HEN. A policy change will

not be necessary at this point. On the other hand, the use of only one BTF recipe will provide

a good achievement to minimize the microbial contamination. For me personally, I never

heard talking about food-borne illness and I never knew that using BTF improperly can do a

lot of damages into people’s life.

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References

Healthy People 2030. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data

Milton, D. L., Johnson, T. W., Johnson, K., Murphy, B., Carter, H., Hurt, R. T., Mundi, M.

S., Epp, L., Spurlock, A. Y., & Hussey, J. (2020). Accepted Safe Food‐Handling

Procedures Minimizes Microbial Contamination of Home‐Prepared Blenderized

Tube‐Feeding. Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 35(3), 479–486.

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