| Autor: |
Žilić, Amar, Čengić, Nedim, Čengić, Dalila, Bičo, Medina, Obradović, Zarema, Smječanin, Eldina |
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Journal of Hygienic Engineering & Design; 2023, Vol. 45, p3-7, 5p |
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Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most significant bacteria present in asymptomatic carriers. It is one of the most common causes of foodborne diseases. Food is usually contaminated from nasal secretions, during sneezing, coughing and direct hand contact with infected carriers. Preventing possible food contamination from carriers of foodborne pathogens during food preparation, all food workers must be under sanitary control that includes mandatory medical check-up before the employment and subsequent check-ups every six months. The aim of this research was to establish frequency of S. aureus occurrence in all asymptomatic carriers working in food preparation and production on the territory of Bosnian Podrinje Canton, to research frequency of S. aureus carriage in the total number of persons who underwent a sanitary control and to analyze the localization of detected S. aureus among food handlers. The research used data of carriers in the area of the Bosnian-Podrinje Canton. Data were taken from the Epidemiology Department of the Institute of Public Health of the Bosnian-Podrinje Canton. Laboratory testing was performed using standard seeding method on blood agar and agglutinase test. This research is a retrospective study that covers sixyear period of 2017 - 2022. The total number of food handlers who performed a sanitary control was 4.592. Analytical-descriptive method was used to analyze S. aureus carriage in the total number of persons who underwent a sanitary control and to analyze the localization of detected S. aureus among food handlers. The number of detected pathogen carriers was 956, which is 20.8% of the food handlers' total number who underwent a sanitary control. Staphylococcus was the most common isolated pathogen in all detected carriers (98.9%). Bearing in mind that around 30% of the human population is a carrier of the S. aureus, it is very likely that a certain number of food handlers are and will be carriers of this bacteria. Taking into account the above-mentioned and the general aim of protecting the population from infectious diseases, the stipulated law for mandatory sanitary control is a good tool for preventing disease from possible food handling carriers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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