A method is described by which foods drawn from the normal hospital kitchen can be reheated with infrared and microwave irradiation before it is served to patients in an “ultraclean”unit. A considerable reduction in bacterial content has been achieved in all the samples tested and sterility was obtained in some. There was no obvious effect on the palatability of the foodstuffs tested.
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Lacey et al. (1965) studied this question.