Reported behavior, knowledge and awareness toward the potential for norovirus transmission by food handlers in Dutch catering companies and institutional settings in relation to the prevalence of norovirus
| Autor: | Giovanna Jaramillo Gutierrez, Marion Koopmans, Linda Verhoef, Ingeborg L.A. Boxman |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Virology |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Questionnaires
medicine.medical_specialty Food handlers Transmission (medicine) business.industry Public health Foodborne medicine.disease_cause Environmental swabs SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being Environmental samples Environmental health Health care medicine Norovirus Food safety knowledge Ready to eat food business Food Science Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | Food Control 34 (2013) 2 Food Control, 34(2), 420-427 Food Control, 34(2), 420-427. Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0956-7135 |
| Popis: | Norovirus (NoV) in ready to eat food has recently been defined as one of the virus-food commodity combinations with greatest public health concern. The role of food handlers therein has well been recognized. The aim of this study was to identify gaps in food handlers' education and to investigate possible associations between reported behavior, knowledge and awareness of NoV, and environmental presence of NoV. For this, face-to-face interviews were conducted using structured questionnaires in 1023 catering companies (i.e. restaurants mainly), 101 non-hospital health care centers, 52 hospital central kitchens and in 102 hospital in-patient units. In addition, three surface swabs were taken at each setting. Multivariate logistic regression was performed on data restricted to NoV high season months only, in which NoV was present in 21/374 (6%) catering companies and 37/233 (16%) institutional settings (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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