Kitchens

Spot the snag with this vegetable preparation table!

You can really make a meal of kitchens! At the 250 bed SANG hospital at Al-Hasa, review of the kitchen layout and equipment packages (190 items) from four prospective suppliers took one month to complete. And that did not include tableware and kitchen utensils (which were not included at Al-Hasa). Remember Don Laing at the Saudi MOH in the 1980's!

Kitchen studies can include:-

Flow of incoming food all the way to consumption

- Receipt
- Storage - refrigeration
- Preparation
- Holding
- Meal preparation - line conveyor
- Delivery to wards
- Serving at restaurant - serving line
- Collection and disposal
- Garbage system

Racking

Range and capacities of kitchen equipment

Tableware