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Leslie,

At the recent Gluten Intolerance Group conference in Seattle, board member
Jill Ryan gave an excellent presentation on hospital visits.  She was not
discussing the pharmaceutical end of it but the food "poisoning" for celiac
patients.

She recommended that your physcian write an order for gluten-restricted,
gliadin and prolamin-free diet.  Make sure you speak with the dietitian
ahead of a planned hospital stay and make sure he/she isn't using obsolete
information.  Review with the dietitian labels of products they use such as
yogurt, tuna, mayo, puddings, etc. to make sure they are "safe" for you.
She suggested you ask the dietitian to oversee your tray personally, but
that may not help you evenings and weekends, especially snack time when the
servers are grabbing food for you.  Some hospitals have a patient kitchen
with a frig where if you label your special foods you bring with name and
room number and "DO NOT THROW AWAY" you could keep "safe" snacks.  They
clean frig out daily so the last instruction is important.

Her final recommendation was if it looks to good to be GF don't eat it
unless you can be 100% certain it is safe!!

Vicki
WA