Assessment of Food Safety Practices of Food Service Food Handlers (Risk Assessment Data): Testing a Communication Intervention (Evaluation of Tools)
Assessment of Food Safety Practices of Food Service Food Handlers (Risk Assessment Data): Testing a Communication Intervention (Evaluation of Tools)
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10.4315/0362-028x-73.6.1101
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发表时间：
2010-06-01
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Powell, Douglas
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作者：
Chapman, Benjamin;Eversley, Tiffany;Powell, Douglas
在全球范围内，食源性疾病每年影响约30%的个人。在家庭以外准备的膳食是获得食源性疾病的一个风险因素，与多达70%的追踪疫情有关。疾病控制和预防中心呼吁食品安全传播者设计新的方法和信息，旨在增加从农场到餐桌的食品安全风险降低实践。食品安全信息表是一种新颖的沟通工具，旨在吸引食品处理人员并迫使行为改变。在为期7周的时间内，每周向在职食物服务营运的食物处理人员提供食物安全资料。假设通过在厨房工作区和洗手站等高度可见的位置张贴食品安全信息表，可以对食品服务人员的安全食品处理行为产生积极影响。采用视频观察的方法，对8个食品服务操作中的食品处理人员（n = 47）进行了观察，共计34811人（干预前和干预后的总和）。引入食品安全信息表后，食品加工人员的平均洗手次数显著增加（6.7%,P < 0.05, 95%置信区间），间接交叉污染事件显著减少（19.6%,P < 0.05, 95%置信区间）。研究结果表明，张贴食品安全信息是一种有效的干预工具，对食品处理者的食品安全行为产生积极影响。
Globally, foodborne illness affects an estimated 30% of individuals annually. Meals prepared outside of the home are a risk factor for acquiring foodborne illness and have been implicated in up to 70% of traced outbreaks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called on food safety communicators to design new methods and messages aimed at increasing food safety risk-reduction practices from farm to fork. Food safety infosheets, a novel communication tool designed to appeal to food handlers and compel behavior change, were evaluated. Food safety infosheets were provided weekly to food handlers in working food service operations for 7 weeks. It was hypothesized that through the posting of food safety infosheets in highly visible locations, such as kitchen work areas and hand washing stations, that safe food handling behaviors of food service staff could be positively influenced. Using video observation, food handlers (n = 47) in eight food service operations were observed for a total of 348 11 (pre- and postintervention combined). After the food safety infosheets were introduced, food handlers demonstrated a significant increase (6.7%, P < 0.05, 95% confidence interval) in mean hand washing attempts, and a significant reduction in indirect cross-contamination events (19.6%, P < 0.05, 95% confidence interval). Results of the research demonstrate that posting food safety infosheets is an effective intervention tool that positively influences the food safety behaviors of food handlers.