Knowledge, attitude and practice of food utensils hygiene amongst food handlers in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

This study aimed to evaluate the level of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) amongst food handlers in food utensils hygiene and presence of bacterial contamination on food utensils. There were two approaches used in this study. In the first approach, 134 of food handlers from 75 food premises we...

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Main Authors:	Siti Nurul Ain Saipullizan, Sahilah Abd. Mutalib, Razalee Sedek
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
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spelling	ukm-121702018-10-09T21:02:04Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12170/ Knowledge, attitude and practice of food utensils hygiene amongst food handlers in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia Siti Nurul Ain Saipullizan, Sahilah Abd. Mutalib, Razalee Sedek, This study aimed to evaluate the level of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) amongst food handlers in food utensils hygiene and presence of bacterial contamination on food utensils. There were two approaches used in this study. In the first approach, 134 of food handlers from 75 food premises were interviewed via questionnaires to assess their knowledge, attitude and practice. In the second approach, the presence of Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and total coliform of 225 utensils (knives (75), chopping boards (75) and dish plates (75)) was examined. The result showed that the food handlers had sufficient level of knowledge (80.5%), attitude (87.4%) and practice (90.1%). Highest contamination was found on the chopping boards for the presence of S. aureus (82.8%), E. coli (9.7%) and total coliform (73.9%). Logistic regression analysis showed that knowledge contributes to the presence of E. coli on the dish plates; and total coliform on the knives. Thus, ongoing training that focused on food utensils hygiene must be emphasized to improve knowledge, attitude and practice amongst the food handlers. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12170/1/21%20Siti%20nurul%20ain%20saipullizan.pdf Siti Nurul Ain Saipullizan, and Sahilah Abd. Mutalib, and Razalee Sedek, (2018) Knowledge, attitude and practice of food utensils hygiene amongst food handlers in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Sains Malaysiana, 47 (7). pp. 1527-1533. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol47num7_2018/contentsVol47num7_2018.html
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description	This study aimed to evaluate the level of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) amongst food handlers in food utensils hygiene and presence of bacterial contamination on food utensils. There were two approaches used in this study. In the first approach, 134 of food handlers from 75 food premises were interviewed via questionnaires to assess their knowledge, attitude and practice. In the second approach, the presence of Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and total coliform of 225 utensils (knives (75), chopping boards (75) and dish plates (75)) was examined. The result showed that the food handlers had sufficient level of knowledge (80.5%), attitude (87.4%) and practice (90.1%). Highest contamination was found on the chopping boards for the presence of S. aureus (82.8%), E. coli (9.7%) and total coliform (73.9%). Logistic regression analysis showed that knowledge contributes to the presence of E. coli on the dish plates; and total coliform on the knives. Thus, ongoing training that focused on food utensils hygiene must be emphasized to improve knowledge, attitude and practice amongst the food handlers.
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author	Siti Nurul Ain Saipullizan, Sahilah Abd. Mutalib, Razalee Sedek,
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author_facet	Siti Nurul Ain Saipullizan, Sahilah Abd. Mutalib, Razalee Sedek,
author_sort	Siti Nurul Ain Saipullizan,
title	Knowledge, attitude and practice of food utensils hygiene amongst food handlers in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
title_short	Knowledge, attitude and practice of food utensils hygiene amongst food handlers in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
title_full	Knowledge, attitude and practice of food utensils hygiene amongst food handlers in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Knowledge, attitude and practice of food utensils hygiene amongst food handlers in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge, attitude and practice of food utensils hygiene amongst food handlers in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
title_sort	knowledge, attitude and practice of food utensils hygiene amongst food handlers in kuala pilah, negeri sembilan, malaysia
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2018
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12170/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12170/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12170/1/21%20Siti%20nurul%20ain%20saipullizan.pdf
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Knowledge, attitude and practice of food utensils hygiene amongst food handlers in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

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