Food safety in hospital: knowledge, attitudes and practices of nursing staff of two hospitals in Sicily, Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Food hygiene in hospital poses peculiar problems, particularly given the presence of patients who could be more vulnerable than healthy subjects to microbiological and nutritional risks. Moreover, in nosocomial outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease, the mortality risk has been proved to be significantly higher than the community outbreaks and highest for foodborne outbreaks. On the other hand, the common involvement in the role of food handlers of nurses or domestic staff, not specifically trained about food hygiene and HACCP, may represent a further cause of concern. The purpose of this study was to evaluate knowledge, attitudes, and practices concerning food safety of the nursing staff of two hospitals in Palermo, Italy. Association with some demographic and work-

SUBMITTER: Buccheri C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1852552 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature