Assessment of personal hygiene and practices of food handlers in municipal public schools of Natal, Brazil

被引:65
作者
Couto Campos, Ana Karina [1 ]
Soares Cardonha, Angela Maria [2 ]
Galvao Pinheiro, Liana Bacurau [2 ]
Ferreira, Neide Rocha [2 ]
Medeiros de Azevedo, Paulo Roberto [3 ]
Montenegro Stamford, Tania Lucia [4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte, Ctr Hlth Sci, BR-59010180 Natal, RN, Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte, Dept Nutr, Ctr Hlth Sci, BR-59010180 Natal, RN, Brazil
[3] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte, Dept Stat, Ctr Exact & Earth Sci, BR-59078970 Natal, RN, Brazil
[4] Univ Fed Pernambuco, Dept Nutr, Ctr Hlth Sci, BR-50670901 Recife, PE, Brazil
关键词
School food; Personal hygiene; Food hygiene;
D O I
10.1016/j.foodcont.2008.10.010
中图分类号
TS2 [食品工业];
学科分类号
0832 ;
摘要
The aim of this study was to assess the hygiene practices of food handlers in municipal schools of Natal, Brazil. where 27 public schools were evaluated, using a checklist and microbiological analysis of hands. it was found that 74.1% of the handlers did not receive periodic training, 51.9% did not undergo annual health examinations and 100% did not practice proper hand hygiene, a situation that reflected significantly (p < 0.05) in hand contamination, in which fecal coliforms were detected on 55.6% of the hands analyzed. It was concluded that the schools studied did not have appropriate hygienic conditions, suggesting the need for interventions that ensure the quality of school food served to the children. (C) 2008 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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页码:807 / 810
页数:4
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