2008
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-86702008000300011
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Abstract: Milk may represent an important source of infectious agents to hospitalized pediatric patients. To describe the bacterial microflora isolated from the hands, stools, pharynx of all workers at milk kitchens in pediatric hospitals in the city of Salvador, Brazil, as well as in the formulas prepared by them, we carried out this cross-sectional study with all 91 workers from the 20 milk kitchens of all the public and private hospitals in Salvador, Brazil. Hand and pharynx swabs and stool samples were collected fro… Show more

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“…Food safety is a priority for foodservice organizations because inappropriate handling or food spoilage can result in serious problems for both foods and consumers (Cairo et al, 2008;Egan et al, 2006;Oliveira et al, 2013).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Food safety is a priority for foodservice organizations because inappropriate handling or food spoilage can result in serious problems for both foods and consumers (Cairo et al, 2008;Egan et al, 2006;Oliveira et al, 2013).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Mishandling of food in establishments where food is served, such as restaurants, hotels, schools and hospitals can be a remarkable issue for consumers. In the case of hospital cooking services, safety is a priority at every stage of the production from the arrival of the raw materials to the final delivery of meals to the patient (Cairo et al, 2008). Application of the principles of microbial ecology to food systems is of fundamental importance for both food quality and microbiological safety.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Hospital kitchen appears to be a source of food contamination and occurrence of foodborne outbreaks in hospitalized patients in different countries (16)(17)(18)(19). Utensils, such as industrial blender and meat grinder, regardless of the contamination of raw food materials, could be the sources of pathogenic bacteria, because their cleaning and disinfection cannot accompany completely due to their designed structure (20,21).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Unless hygienic practices are strictly followed and all personnel is routinely monitored for potential pathogens by culturing hands, throat, and feces, microbial contamination of formula or other foods is not uncommon. The manipulation of human milk and infant formula, even when done in hospital milk kitchens, may be a source of contamination as shown in figure 1 [6,7]. …”
Section: Microbiological Contaminantsmentioning
confidence: 99%