For a Better Hold on Patient Satisfaction

With the DualTemp 120, A la Cart offers a ground-breaking solution for hospital operations that use conventional food preparation. Far superior to any conventional heating/meal delivery system available today, DualTemp is a meal delivery cart and so much more! Start with the fact that it holds hot food hot indefinitely. And, it really holds. In fact, after 30 minutes, meals just get better, and safe food temperatures are maintained.

The gentle heating source is the DualTemp cart itself, on one side. The other side (this meal delivery cart is divided into two compartments) has built-in refrigeration, so it also holds cold food and beverages cold. With A la Cart’s DualTemp 120, meals maintain their ideal temperatures (deliciously hot and refreshingly cold) until you’re ready to serve – and patients are ready to eat. And that gives you a lasting hold on patient satisfaction.

Benefits

• Holds food and beverages cold, as well as hot
• Holds temperatures indefinitely
• Maintains better, more consistent temperatures – actually improves meal temperature over time
• Plugs into any 120V, 20 amp outlet – use your cart anywhere you want to
• No bases and less pieces overall to deal with
• No extra heating step required at the trayline
• Ideal for late trays
  • Prepare with regular trayline, then hold in the kitchen to serve as needed
  • Saves time and labor
  • Meal is ready to go as soon as the patient’s ready
• Provides exceptional flexibility for meal serving times – great for:
  • Units such as birthing center, pediatrics and oncology
  • Areas where patients require assistance with feeding
  • When busy nursing staff is responsible for serving meals
• Lets you run trayline in advance - with conventional food preparation
  • No more “plate and run” to serve, before food cools down
  • Serve all patients at or close to (depending on hospital size) the same time
  • Food prep/trayline delays won’t cause meal service delays
• Dishware flexibility
  • Use with china, plastic or disposable
  • Greater convenience, cost savings and flexibility in tray presentation
• Compact, easy-to-maneuver carts hold up to 20 trays
• May enable you to shift meal serving from nursing to food
  service staff, without increasing labor (depending on your organization)
• Use with Room Service or Spoken Menu type service for
  certain segments of your patient population, without increasing labor

Comparative Advantages

Compare A la Cart’s DualTemp 120 to alternative conventional systems (insulated
base/pellet), and you’ll see there really is no competition.

• DualTemp not only holds hot indefinitely, food gets even better after 30 minutes and food safety continues to be secure. (Other systems can hold food hot for a maximum of 30-60 minutes, BUT food quality and safe temperatures begin to decline after 30 minutes.)
• DualTemp holds hot AND cold
• No heated or insulated bases to wash
• Eliminates an extra step at the trayline
• Indefinite hot/cold capability allows time/labor savings in meal preparation and provides greater flexibility in meal service
• Better temperatures and the ability to serve patients “when ready” leads to higher patient satisfaction