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KMID : 1011620190350040412
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Korean Journal of Food and Cookey Science
2019 Volume.35 No. 4 p.412 ~ p.419
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Microbiological Contamination and Hygiene Awareness of Hand according to the Types of Child-Care Center and Position of Workers
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Kang Ju-Yeong
Lee Seo-Hyun
Oh Do-Gyung
Lee Young-Ju
Kim Jung-Beom
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the awareness of hand hygiene and the hygiene status of child-care center worker’s hands.
Methods: A total of 500 workers, including 125 directors, 190 teachers and 185 cooks from 125 child-care centers in Jeonnam province, were investigated for their hand hygiene awareness and for the total aerobic bacteria and Staphylococcus aureus contamination.
Results: As a result of hand hygiene awareness, 492(98.4%) child-care workers recognized that hand washing is important in order to prevent food poisoning and 381(76.2%) workers thought their hands were clean. But, 49(9.8%) of child-care workers don’t exactly know the 6 step hand washing method and 148(29.6%) workers don’t use the 6 step hand washing method. It was shown that continuous training for the 6 step hand washing method was necessary. For the result of analyzing the microbiological contamination of child-care workers’ hands, the average number of total aerobic bacteria and S. aureus was 2.5±0.4 log CFU/hand and 1.5±0.6 log CFU/hand.
Conclusion: The risk of food poisoning caused by the child-care center workers’ hands exists. It was deemed mandatory to use disinfectants after hand washing and to wear sanitary gloves when handling food.
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KEYWORD
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hand hygiene, hand washing, microbiological contamination, child-care center, cooks
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