Practice of hand hygiene in a university dining facility

Autor:	Maria Cristina Bronharo Tognim, Lourdes Botelho Garcia, Celso Luiz Cardoso, Valmir A. Correa, Benício Alves de Abreu Filho, Ana P. Bettoni, Daniela Biral do Prado
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Observation time Food handlers Evening business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Observation period Surgery Hygiene Foodborne diseases Family medicine University dining facility medicine business Hand hygiene Food Science Biotechnology Morning media_common
Zdroj:	Food Control. 57:35-40
ISSN:	0956-7135
DOI:	10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.03.024
Popis:	The hand hygiene practices of food handlers at a university dining facility (UDF) before and after an educational campaign on hand hygiene were evaluated. The study was performed from June to December 2010, and employed an observation period of 4 h per day during the morning, afternoon and evening shifts, resulting in a total observation time of 543 h. A total of 1960 instances requiring hand hygiene were recorded. No instructions were provided to the food handlers during observations, and they had no knowledge of the study. The overall adherence rate was 11% (216/1960), with a rate of 7% (72/1060) before the educational campaign and 16% (144/900) afterwards (P
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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