title: The effect of follow-up inspections on critical violations identified during restaurant inspections.
abstract: Follow-up inspections are recommended by the Food and Drug Administration as a tool to verify corrections to violations cited during restaurant inspections. The effectiveness of follow-up inspections as a tool in reducing critical violations is unknown, however. The purpose of the authors' study was to assess whether a serious violation that leads to a follow-up inspection reduces the probability of specific critical violations occurring during the next routine inspection. Outcome measures included poor personal hygiene, improper holding temperatures, substandard equipment cleanliness, potential cross contamination, and improper sanitizer concentration. The risk of having a violation increased for all targeted critical violations during inspections conducted after a follow-up inspection compared to restaurant inspections without a prior follow-up, when adjusting for restaurant type, inspector experience, and season.
authors.forename: A Blake
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Waters
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: VanDerslice
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Porucznik
authors.forename: Jaewhan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Lynne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Durrant
authors.forename: Royal
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: DeLegge
mesh_terms: D005513:Food Inspection / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011634:Public Health; D012147:Restaurants; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States