title: Kitchen safety in hospitals: practices and knowledge of food handlers in istanbul, Turkey.
abstract: This study was designed to identify the practices and knowledge of food handlers about workplace safety in hospital kitchens (four on-premises and eight off-premises) in Istanbul. A kitchen safety knowledge questionnaire was administered and a kitchen safety checklist was completed by dietitians. The mean total scores of the on-premise and off-premise hospital kitchens were 32.7 ± 8.73 and 37.0 ± 9.87, respectively. The mean scores for the items about machinery tools, electricity, gas, and fire were lower in off-premise than on-premise hospital kitchen workers. The kitchen safety knowledge questionnaire had five subsections; 43.7% of the food handlers achieved a perfect score. Significant differences were found in the knowledge of food handlers working in both settings about preventing slips and falls (p < .05). Significant relationships were found between marital status, education level, and kitchen safety knowledge of the food handlers (p < .05).
authors.forename: Aydan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ercan
authors.forename: Gul
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kiziltan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005511:Food Handling; D059022:Food Safety; D005521:Food Service, Hospital; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult