Avaliação das condições higiênico-sanitárias no preparo de fórmulas infantis em lactário hospitalar: sanitárias no preparo de fórmulas infantis em e lactário hospitalar

Abstract

The presenty study had an intending of checking and evaluate the sanitary conditions in the production of infant formulas. The study object was the milk kitchen of the public hospital of a exclusive pediatric care in the city of Belo Horizonte-MG. Through observation of the routine work, and documents identified in the sector was the production flow and performed the characterization of service. Considering the good practices for handling food was prepared a checklist tailored to the milk kitchen. To complement the evaluation was performed microbiological analysis of the formulas with the highest potential risk of microbiological contamination: formula made with pasteurized cow's milk plus sweetened corn cereal -formula with higher volume requires more preparation and time manipulation and mixtures- and infant formula for the first semester of life is the second largest volume of production and offered to younger children attended the service and their raw materials. In the microbiology analisys was studied indicators microorganisms in foods: Count of mesophilic aerobic bacteria, Bacillus cereus, Total Coliforms and Escherichia coli, yeast and mold and Staphylococcus aureus. The results showed that the conditions operational requirements met 56.4% of respondents. the major unconformities were assigned to operational procedures. microbiological analysis showed that control of the supplier and points in the process are essential to reduce risks of contamination in the final product. Information obtained subsidized the development of a production flow with identification of monitoring points (PCC). The deployment of tools for quality management in the production of infant formula depends on physical adaptations in the area and procedures to ensure efficiency in the production of infant formula safe.