Health Status and Personal Hygiene among Food Handlers Working at Food Establishment around a Rural Teaching Hospital in Wardha District of Maharashtra, India
2010; Canadian Center of Science and Education; Volume: 2; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5539/gjhs.v2n2p198
ISSN1916-9744
AutoresAbhay Mudey, Naveeta Kesharwani, Gargi Abhay Mudey, Ramchandra C Goyal, Ajay Dawale, Vasant Wagh,
Tópico(s)Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
ResumoThe chances of food contamination largely depend on the health status of food handlers & their hygiene behaviors and practices. Often these food handlers are being appointed without proper health examination. Hence community based cross-sectional study was conducted on randomly selected 160 food handlers of both sex to assess health status of food handlers working in food establishment nearby a medical institute. Stool examination and nail culture was also done.There was no registration of these food establishments. Most of the food handlers were young in age, mostly cooks (35.62 %) and literate (63.13 %). Point prevalence of morbidity was 54 (33.75%) and period prevalence 26.25 %. 21.87 % were anemic. Microbial positivity rate for their stool & nail culture was 97 percent.Registration of all food establishments should be mandatory. Pre-placement and periodical medical checkup is the key to improve health status of food handlers for better food safety. Key Words: Food handlers, personal hygiene, food safety, health status, stool & nail culture
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