A qualitative study on personal hygiene knowledge and practices among food handlers at selected primary schools in Klang Valley area, Selangor, Malaysia
A study was conducted to determine personal hygiene knowledge among 25 food handlers at 12 selected primary schools in Klang Valley area, Selangor, Malaysia. A qualitative approach using in-depth interviews was employed and respondents were selected by a convenience sampling. The results showed t...
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| author | Tan, Siew Lian Cheng, P. L. Soon, H. K. Ghazali, Hazrina Mahyudin, Nor Ainy |
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| description | A study was conducted to determine personal hygiene knowledge among 25 food handlers at
12 selected primary schools in Klang Valley area, Selangor, Malaysia. A qualitative approach
using in-depth interviews was employed and respondents were selected by a convenience
sampling. The results showed that the respondents had basic knowledge on personal hygiene
practices, mainly on hand washing (30.7%) and glove use (18.7%). The food handlers (<11%)
also demonstrated their knowledge on other good personal hygiene practices that were related
to the use of hair restrain/cap/apron, keeping tidy hair/ clean nails/ clean hand, no bare hand
contact with food, not wearing ring/jewelry, no smoking, tidy/clean attire and typhoid injection.
Further assessment demonstrated that only 12% respondents were able to describe a reasonable
procedure for hand washing and the steps that were missed most were the failure to specify
the need to rinse and dry hands after washing. The respondents knew that the use of glove was
to prevent bare hand contact (80%) and can reduce risk of food contamination (88%). All the
respondents agreed that food handlers with abrasion or cuts on their fingers or hands should
not touch unwrapped foods. A high percentage respondents (>90%) practiced various good
hand washing practices, with only 36% did not practice washing hands after eating or drinking.
Most respondents (>70%) practiced glove use, however more than 50% did not wash hands
with every glove change, change gloves when change type of products and after preparing raw
material. The study showed that the food handlers have basic knowledge one good personal
hygiene practices. However, some discrepancies were revealed in the proper hand washing
procedure. This study recommended good hand washing procedure to be reiterated among the
food handlers. There is also an immediate need for continuous training among food handlers
regarding good personal hygiene practices. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-304442015-06-03T06:26:24Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30444/ A qualitative study on personal hygiene knowledge and practices among food handlers at selected primary schools in Klang Valley area, Selangor, Malaysia Tan, Siew Lian Cheng, P. L. Soon, H. K. Ghazali, Hazrina Mahyudin, Nor Ainy A study was conducted to determine personal hygiene knowledge among 25 food handlers at 12 selected primary schools in Klang Valley area, Selangor, Malaysia. A qualitative approach using in-depth interviews was employed and respondents were selected by a convenience sampling. The results showed that the respondents had basic knowledge on personal hygiene practices, mainly on hand washing (30.7%) and glove use (18.7%). The food handlers (<11%) also demonstrated their knowledge on other good personal hygiene practices that were related to the use of hair restrain/cap/apron, keeping tidy hair/ clean nails/ clean hand, no bare hand contact with food, not wearing ring/jewelry, no smoking, tidy/clean attire and typhoid injection. Further assessment demonstrated that only 12% respondents were able to describe a reasonable procedure for hand washing and the steps that were missed most were the failure to specify the need to rinse and dry hands after washing. The respondents knew that the use of glove was to prevent bare hand contact (80%) and can reduce risk of food contamination (88%). All the respondents agreed that food handlers with abrasion or cuts on their fingers or hands should not touch unwrapped foods. A high percentage respondents (>90%) practiced various good hand washing practices, with only 36% did not practice washing hands after eating or drinking. Most respondents (>70%) practiced glove use, however more than 50% did not wash hands with every glove change, change gloves when change type of products and after preparing raw material. The study showed that the food handlers have basic knowledge one good personal hygiene practices. However, some discrepancies were revealed in the proper hand washing procedure. This study recommended good hand washing procedure to be reiterated among the food handlers. There is also an immediate need for continuous training among food handlers regarding good personal hygiene practices. Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30444/1/30444.pdf Tan, Siew Lian and Cheng, P. L. and Soon, H. K. and Ghazali, Hazrina and Mahyudin, Nor Ainy (2013) A qualitative study on personal hygiene knowledge and practices among food handlers at selected primary schools in Klang Valley area, Selangor, Malaysia. International Food Research Journal, 20 (1). pp. 71-76. ISSN 1985-4668; ESSN: 2231-7546 http://www.ifrj.upm.edu.my/volume-20-2013.html English |
| spellingShingle | Tan, Siew Lian Cheng, P. L. Soon, H. K. Ghazali, Hazrina Mahyudin, Nor Ainy A qualitative study on personal hygiene knowledge and practices among food handlers at selected primary schools in Klang Valley area, Selangor, Malaysia |
| title | A qualitative study on personal hygiene knowledge and practices among food handlers at selected primary schools in Klang Valley area, Selangor, Malaysia |
| title_full | A qualitative study on personal hygiene knowledge and practices among food handlers at selected primary schools in Klang Valley area, Selangor, Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | A qualitative study on personal hygiene knowledge and practices among food handlers at selected primary schools in Klang Valley area, Selangor, Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | A qualitative study on personal hygiene knowledge and practices among food handlers at selected primary schools in Klang Valley area, Selangor, Malaysia |
| title_short | A qualitative study on personal hygiene knowledge and practices among food handlers at selected primary schools in Klang Valley area, Selangor, Malaysia |
| title_sort | qualitative study on personal hygiene knowledge and practices among food handlers at selected primary schools in klang valley area selangor malaysia |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30444/1/30444.pdf |
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