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

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Buccheri, Cecilia ^a   Casuccio, Alessandra ^a   Giammanco, Santo ^a   Giammanco, Marco ^a   La Guardia, Maurizio ^a   Mammina, Caterina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLOTHING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD STORAGE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL FOOD SERVICE; HUMAN; ITALY; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NURSING STAFF; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS INFECTION; EDUCATION; EQUIPMENT; FOOD POISONING; HOSPITAL; SAFETY; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34247247825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-45     Document Type: Article

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