National monitoring study on microbial contamination of food-contact surfaces in hospital kitchens in Poland

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 457-463

  Konecka Matyjek, Eliza ^a   Maćkiw, Elzbieta ^b   Krygier, Bogumiła ^a   Tomczuk, Katarzyna ^a   Stoś, Katarzyna ^a   Jarosz, Mirosław ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD AND NUTRITION INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Food hygiene; Food contact surfaces; Hospital kitchens

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; CATERING SERVICE; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KITCHEN; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MONITORING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NONHUMAN; POLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOTAL VIABLE COUNT;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; POLAND; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84866789006     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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