Food trays and nutritional supplements for patients on Airborne Precautions will be delivered to the patient care unit by food service personnel, and delivered to patients by the nursing staff. Food service personnel will not deliver food trays or nourishments directly to the rooms of patients on Airborne Precautions.

The meal trays of patients on Airborne Precautions will be returned to the kitchen by food service personnel if they are left on the food truck. However, food trays will not be returned if they contain any patient care equipment. In the rare event that dishes, utensils, or food trays are contaminated with blood or bloody drainage, return the items to Central Sterile Supply (CSS) for reprocessing, using the following procedure:

1. Place the items in a "decontamination bag".
2. Close the bag tightly using a tie.
3. Fill out an "F-9 Requisition" form and attach it to the bag.
4. Remove the bagged items from the area for return to CSS where they will be reprocessed.