Fruits are limited to thick skinned fruits, such as melons, oranges, grapefruit and bananas. We do not allow thin skinned fruits such as fresh apples, grapes, pears, or peaches. Canned fruits are fine, because they have been processed. Any cooked or canned food is fine, pasteurized products are fine. Another item we do not allow at this time is pepper.
Pepper is just a little seed that has been ground.
We strive to provide foods low in bacteria while patients are neutropenic. If food is going to be brought from home, there are few restrictions. If it is cooked at home, people need to chill it down then transport it at refrigerator temperature. When placed in the BMT refrigerator it should be labeled with the patients name and date. We need the date to determine that items are not staying in the refrigerator to long.