Prevalence of intestinal parasites among food handlers at cafeteria of Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia

Girma, Hundaol; Beyene, Getenet; Mekonnen, Zeleke

doi:10.12980/apjtd.7.2017d7-20

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“…The association between handwashing after touching any body parts with intestinal parasitic infection among food handlers was computed by using eight studies [8,9,12,13,[27][28][29][30]. The overall finding of this study showed that food handlers who didn't wash their hands after touching any body parts were 2.41 higher than their counterparts (OR:2.41, 95% CI:1.64, 3.55) (Fig.…”

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“…The lowest prevalence of IPIs among food handlers were reported in studies conducted in Wollo University student's cafeteria (15%) [11], Awi Amhara (14.75%) [23], and Aksum town, Tigray (14%) [12], whereas the highest prevalence (61.78%) was reported in a study conducted at East and West Gojjam public prison [10]. Seven of the studies were from Amhara region [10,11,[23][24][25][26][27], five from SNNP region [8,14,[28][29][30], three from Oromia region [9,13], one from Addis Ababa (7) and two from Tigray region [2,12]. However, there were no studies reported from Benishangul Gumuz, Harari and Gambela regions, and Dire Dawa.…”

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“…The association between handwashing after defecation with intestinal parasitic infections was evaluated by using seven studies [8,10,11,13,23,25,[27][28][29]. This metaanalysis result revealed that hand washing after defecation is not significantly associated with intestinal parasitic infection [11].…”

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“…Furthermore, no possible publication bias was detected using the Lastly, we employed the association between food safety training and intestinal parasitic infections. We included five studies that examined the association between intestinal parasitic infections with food safety training among food handlers [8,9,11,13,27]. The pooled result of this meta-analysis indicated that food handlers who didn't receive food safety training were 2.11 more likely to have intestinal parasitic infections as compared with those who received food safety training (OR: 2.11, 95%CI: 1.18, 3.77) (Fig.…”

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“…Studies in Ethiopia showed that the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection among food handlers working at University student cafeteria's and public food establishment area such as Haramaya University cafeterias (14.3%) [9], East and West Gojjam prison (61.9%) [10], Wollo University student's cafeteria (15%) [11], Aksum Town (14.5%) [12], Jimma University Specialized Hospital (33%) [13], Addis Ababa University Students' Cafeteria (45.3%) [7], Hawassa University (20.6%) [14], and Mekelle University student's cafeteria (52.4%) [2]. However, the prevalence reflected in these small and fragmented studies varied widely and remained inconclusive.…”

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Prevalence and factors associated with intestinal parasitic infections among food handlers working at higher public University student’s cafeterias and public food establishments in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Background: Intestinal infection is still an important public health problem in low-income countries. Food handlers may be infected by a wide range of enteropathogens and have been implicated in the transmission of many infections to the public. Therefore, the aim of this review was to produce the pooled prevalence and factors associated with intestinal parasitic infections among food handlers working at higher public University student's cafeterias and public food establishments in Ethiopia. Methods: Articles published in PubMed/Medline, Hinari, Web of Science, Science Direct, and Google Scholar were used using a search strategy. Observational studies (cross-sectional) revealing the prevalence and factors associated with intestinal parasitic infections at higher public University student's cafeterias and public food establishments were incorporated. Meta-analysis was computed using STATA version 14 statistical software. Heterogeneity of the study was assessed using Cochrane Q test statistics and I 2 test. The pooled prevalence of the intestinal parasitic infection and associated factors among food handlers was calculated by the random-effect model. Results: Out of 138 reviewed studies, 18 studies were included to estimate the pooled prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among food handlers in Ethiopia. All the eighteen articles were included in the analysis. This study revealed that the pooled prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections was 28.5% (95% CI: 27.4, 29.7). E. hystolitica /E. dispar complex 6.38 (95% Cl: 5.73, 7.04), A.lumbricodes 4.12 (95% Cl: 3.56, 4.67), and G. lamblia 3.12(95% Cl: 2.65, 3.60) were the most common intestinal parasitic infections in this study. Untrimmed fingernail 3.04 (95% CI: 2.19, 4.22), do not washing hands after defecation 2.71 (95% CI: 1.93, 3.82), do not washing hands after touching any body parts 2.41 (95% CI: 1.64, 3.56), do not made medical checkup 2.26 (95% CI: 1.57, 3.25), and do not receive food safety training 1.79 (95% CI: 1.30, 2.45) were factors significantly and positively associated with intestinal parasitic infections. Conclusion: Parasitic infections among food handlers were significantly high. Untrimmed fingernail, do not washing hands after defecation, do not washing hands after touching any body parts, do not made regular medical checkup and do not receive food safety training were factors that increase the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections.

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Section: Characteristics Of Original Studiesmentioning

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Section: Factors Associated With Intestinal Parasitic Infections Amonmentioning

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Prevalence and factors associated with intestinal parasitic infections among food handlers working at higher public University student’s cafeterias and public food establishments in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Bacterial Contamination of Food Handlers in X Hospital Palembang

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The food handlers in Hospital with the bad personal hygiene could be a potential source of infection of a pathogenic organism. The responsibility of hospital food handlers is greater compared with the common food handlers such as in restaurants, etc. This is because they should provide the healthy food to the patients in Hospital who might have low immunity, and the contaminated food could have very dangerous consequences. This study aimed to investigate the potential contamination of food handlers in X hospital, Palembang. The study was carried out by a cross-sectional method on food handlers’. There were 30 respondents examined in this study. The bacterial examination was conducted by following the standard procedures of World Health Organization (WHO). The results showed that there were 11 (36.7%) from 30respondents positively contaminated by Escherichia coliand there all respondent contaminated in samples were women. There was no worker contaminated by Staphylococcus aureus. The study proved that in X hospital of Palembang, there were some food handlers contaminated by Escherichia coli.

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Prevalence of intestinal parasites among food handlers at cafeteria of Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia

Cited by 19 publications

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Prevalence and factors associated with intestinal parasitic infections among food handlers working at higher public University student’s cafeterias and public food establishments in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Prevalence and factors associated with intestinal parasitic infections among food handlers working at higher public University student’s cafeterias and public food establishments in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Food safety-related perspectives and practices of consumers and vendors in Ethiopia: A scoping review

Bacterial Contamination of Food Handlers in X Hospital Palembang

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