Bioluminescence ATP monitoring for the routine assessment of food contact surface cleanliness in a university canteen

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 10824-10837

  Osimani, Andrea ^a   Garofalo, Cristiana ^a   Clementi, Francesca ^a   Tavoletti, Stefano ^a   Aquilanti, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clean Trace ATP system; cleaning control points; food safety; HACCP; hygiene; surface cleanliness

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; FOOD; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; HYGIENE; MICROBIOLOGY; SANITATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CATERING SERVICE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; HYGIENE; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN LOAD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; UNIVERSITY; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUMINESCENCE; MEAT; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SERVICES; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; LUMINESCENCE; MEAT; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84908347465     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph111010824     Document Type: Article

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