HAND WASHING PRACTICES OF FOOD HANDLERS IN THE HOSPITALITY ESTABLISHMENTS OF PESHAWAR CITY
Keywords:
Hand, washing, food-handlers, food, safety.Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the hand washing practices of the food handlers in the
restaurants located in District of Peshawar.
Material and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted across different restaurants of Peshawar
that were selected using a simple random selection process. This study adapts the World Health Organization’s
(WHO) Five Keys to Safer Food check list that are implemented using face-to-face interview via open and close
ended questions. The results presented are based on a total sample of 250 food handlers that are spread as follows:
83 lower tier restaurants; 83 middle tier restaurants; and 84 upper tier restaurants.
Results: Results show that hand washing facilities are available as follows: 100% in upper, 94% in middle and 11% in
lower restaurants. However, only 27.6% of the total population washes their hands regularly before the activity or after
the activity, for the reason that the food handlers are not given training on food safety.
Conclusion: It is concluded that majority of the food handlers do not wash their hands before or after handling food
because of a lack of training on food safety leading to contamination of food and sporadic food borne illnesses.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
All articles published in the Journal of Medical Sciences (JMS) are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0). Under the CC BY 4.0 license, author(s) retain the ownership of the copyright publishing rights without restrictions for their content, and allow others to copy, use, print, share, modify, and distribute the content of the article even for commercial purposes as long as the original authors and the journal are properly cited. No permission is required from the author/s or the publishers for this purpose. Appropriate attribution can be provided by simply citing the original article. The corresponding author has the right to grant on behalf of all authors, a worldwide license to JMS and its licensees in all forms, formats, and media (whether known now or created in the future), The corresponding author must certify and warrant the authorship and proprietorship and should declare that he/she has not granted or assigned any of the article’s rights to any other person or body.
The corresponding author must compensate the journal for any costs, expenses, or damages that the JMS may incur as a result of any breach of these warranties including any intentional or unintentional errors, omissions, copyright issues, or plagiarism. The editorial office must be notified upon submission if an article contains materials like text, pictures, tables, or graphs from other copyrighted sources. The JMS reserves the right to remove any images, figures, tables, or other content, from any article, whether before or after publication, if concerns are raised about copyright, license, or permissions and the authors are unable to provide documentation confirming that appropriate permissions were obtained for publication of the content in question.
