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<strong>Food</strong> <strong>Service</strong> <strong>Manual</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Care</strong> <strong>Institutions</strong><br />

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Table 20.1. Alternative Systems <strong>for</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Service</strong> to Patients<br />

Production Assembly and Distribution Reheating and <strong>Service</strong><br />

Cook–serve<br />

Cook–chill<br />

Cook–freeze<br />

Assemble–serve<br />

Cook–chill<br />

Cook–freeze<br />

Assemble–freeze<br />

Customers<br />

Kitchen<br />

reheat<br />

Cold<br />

plating<br />

Source: Adapted from Herz, 1977.<br />

Insulated tray (insulated components)<br />

Unitized pellet<br />

Hot-cold cart<br />

Split-tray cart<br />

Tray heater cart<br />

Enclosed car or galley refrigeration<br />

Refrigerated cart<br />

Insulated cart<br />

Open or enclosed monorail cart<br />

Galley<br />

reheat<br />

Specialized dish-automated reheat module<br />

Insulated tray or refrigerated-reheat cart<br />

Not required<br />

Convection ovens<br />

Microwave ovens<br />

Infrared ovens<br />

Conduction ovens<br />

Distribution and service constitute the third functional subsystem. The distribution of the produced<br />

food to the customer depends on the following:<br />

• The type of production system used<br />

• The time and ef<strong>for</strong>t of meal assembly be<strong>for</strong>e service<br />

• The distance between the production and service areas<br />

• The amount of time between completion of production until service to the customer<br />

Equally important is knowing who the customers are. A customer is someone who purchases<br />

the goods offered by food service, such as food, or receives services offered, such as<br />

nutrition counseling. Customers are classified as external customers and internal customers.<br />

External customers are the end users of the products made by an organization. In a health care<br />

system, external customers are the inpatients and outpatients and their families.<br />

Internal customers are the individuals who provide direct service to the external customers;<br />

they belong to the organization that produces the service. Internal customers in health care are<br />

employees, suppliers, physicians, nurses, and other health care providers. Another type of customer,<br />

the captive clientele, is rare today because of our mobile society. Captive clientele are<br />

customers who must use a product or service because they have few to no other options. Customers,<br />

both internal and external, have other choices of where to purchase goods and services.<br />

<strong>Health</strong> care facilities exist to provide services to their customers. As a result, the food service<br />

department, in concert with nursing and other interdisciplinary professionals, needs to<br />

ascertain the following:<br />

• What is the best time to serve meals that will not interfere or delay other provided services?<br />

• How many meals should be served: three, four, or five?

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