Kitchen safety in hospitals: practices and knowledge of food handlers in Istanbul, Turkey

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• Personal Author:
  Ercan A ; Kiziltan G
• Description:
  This study was designed to identify the practices and knowledge of food handlers about workplace safety in hospital kitchens (four on-premises and eight off-premises) in Istanbul. A kitchen safety knowledge questionnaire was administered and a kitchen safety checklist was completed by dietitians. The mean total scores of the on-premise and off-premise hospital kitchens were 32.7 +/- 8.73 and 37.0 +/- 9.87, respectively. The mean scores for the items about machinery tools, electricity, gas, and fire were lower in off-premise than on-premise hospital kitchen workers. The kitchen safety knowledge questionnaire had five subsections; 43.7% of the food handlers achieved a perfect score. Significant differences were found in the knowledge of food handlers working in both settings about preventing slips and falls (p < .05). Significant relationships were found between marital status, education level, and kitchen safety knowledge of the food handlers (p < .05). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Electricity Fires Food Handling Food Industry Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Equipment Operation Falls Food Handlers Gases Medical Facilities Questionnaires Safety Practices Work Environment Workers
• ISSN:
  2165-0799
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  415-420
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20047804
• Citation:
  Workplace Health Saf 2014 Oct; 62(10):415-420
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  University of Maryland - Baltimore
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20070901
• Source Full Name:
  Workplace Health & Safety
• End Date:
  20100831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:347fc8d1df655f6e96fc939abddfa86574c715cd5f45e05605c873976ffe868d2443de8c7a67bd90ee51f3159f081d212b061474e499c72781d0139169c97d44
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202777/cdc_202777_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 127.44 KB ]