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Template:Refs A soft diet is recommended in many situations, including some types of dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), surgery involving the mouth or gastrointestinal tract, and pain from newly adjusted braces.

In some situations, there are additional restrictions. For example, patients who need to avoid excessive reflux, such as those recovering from esophageal surgery for achalasia, are also instructed to stay away from foods that can aggravate reflux, which include ketchup and other tomato products, citrus fruits, chocolate, mint, spicy foods, alcohol, and caffeine.

Many of the foods listed here can be adapted for a "full liquid" diet (not a "clear liquid" diet) by processing in a blender with an appropriate thinning liquid, such as a meat broth, fruit or vegetable juice, or milk.

Grains/starches

Pasta cooked soft
Rice cooked soft
Mashed potatoes and gravy
Oatmeal and other cooked cereals
Macaroni & cheese

Proteins

Tofu
Cottage cheese
Yogurt
Scrambled eggs
Fish cooked soft
Meat loaf, meatballs, and other soft dishes made of ground meat

Fruits and vegetables

Applesauce
Bananas
Peeled pears or peaches
Avocados
Creamed spinach
Many kinds of soup
Carrots, broccoli, or other vegetables cooked soft or processed in the blender

Desserts

Cheesecake
Pudding
Fruit smoothies
Milkshakes
Ice cream

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-'''Infection control and health care epidemiology'''
+{{refs}}
-is the discipline concerned with preventing the spread of infections within the health-care setting.
+A [[soft diet]] is recommended in many situations, including some types of [[dysphagia]] (difficulty swallowing), surgery involving the mouth or [[gastrointestinal tract]], and pain from newly adjusted [[dental braces|braces]].
-As such, it is a practical (rather than an academic) sub-discipline of [[epidemiology]].
-It is an essential (though often underrecognized and undersupported) part of the infrastructure of health care.
-Infection control and hospital epidemiology are akin to [[public health]] practice, practiced within the confines of a particular health-care delivery system rather than directed at society as a whole.
-Infection control concerns itself both with prevention (hand hygiene/hand washing, cleaning/disinfection/sterilization, vaccination, surveillance) and with investigation and management of demonstrated or suspected spread of infection within a particular health-care setting (e.g. outbreak investigation).
+In some situations, there are additional restrictions.  For example, patients who need to avoid excessive [[Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease|reflux]], such as those recovering from esophageal surgery for [[achalasia]], are also instructed to stay away from foods that can aggravate [[Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease|reflux]], which include ketchup and other tomato products, citrus fruits, chocolate, mint, spicy foods, alcohol, and caffeine.
-==Prevention of Infection in the Health Care setting==
+Many of the foods listed here can be adapted for a "full liquid" diet (not a "clear liquid" diet) by processing in a blender with an appropriate thinning liquid, such as a meat broth, fruit or vegetable juice, or milk.
-===Hand Hygiene===
-Since the days of [[Ignaz Semmelweis]], hand washing has been known to decrease the transmission of infectious diseases.  see [[Hand washing]] for additional details.
-===Cleaning, [[disinfection]] and [[sterilization (microbiology)]]===
-===Vaccination of health care workers===
-===Surveillance for emerging infections===
-==Outbreak investigation==
-Penicillin is a common treatment when an outbreak occurs. However, if the infection has built a resistance, then ''penicillin'' would have no effect whatsoever. This was the cause of people overusing ''penicillin''.
-==Training in infection control and health care epidemiology==
+== Grains/starches ==
-Practitioners can come from several different educational streams. Many begin as nurses, some as medical technologists (particularly in clinical microbiology), and some as physicians (typically infectious disease specialists). Specialized training in infection control and health care epidemiology are offered by the professional organizations described below. Physicians who desire to become infection control practitioners often are trained in the context of an infectious disease fellowship.
-[http://www.cbic.org Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology] is an organization that certifies infection control practitioners based on their educational background and professional experience, in conjunction with testing their knowledge base with standardized exams. The credential awarded is CIC, Certification in Infection Control and Epidemiology.
+*Pasta cooked soft
+*Rice cooked soft
+*Mashed potatoes and gravy
+*Oatmeal and other cooked cereals
+*Macaroni & cheese
-A [http://www.shea-online.org/about/shea_courses.cfm course] in hospital epidemiology (infection control in the hospital setting) is offered jointly each year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
-==Professional organizations==
-[http://www.apic.org Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology] is primarily composed of infection  prevention and control professionals with nursing or medical technology backgrounds
-[http://shea-online.org The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America] is more heavily weighted towards practitioners who are physicians or doctoral-level epidemiologists.
+== Proteins ==
-[[Category:Epidemiology]]
+*Tofu
+*Cottage cheese
+*Yogurt
+*Scrambled eggs
+*Fish cooked soft
+*Meat loaf, meatballs, and other soft dishes made of ground meat
+== Fruits and vegetables ==
+*Applesauce
+*Bananas
+*Peeled pears or peaches
+*Avocados
+*Creamed spinach
+*Many kinds of [[soup]]
+*Carrots, broccoli, or other vegetables cooked soft or processed in the blender
+== Desserts ==
+*Cheesecake
+*Pudding
+*Fruit smoothies
+*Milkshakes
+*Ice cream
+[[Category:Nutrition]]
+[[Category:Diets]]