ISSN:
0007-070X
Source:
Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
A total of 94 food handlers working at 25 premises in the city of Bradford were examined to determine the prevalence of carriage of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on their hands. A total of 50 clerical workers who did not handle food on a professional basis were recruited as controls. All subjects made palmar impressions on 225mm2 plates containing modified cefixime-tellurite sorbitol MacConkey agar. In contrast with earlier studies, which examined only abattoir workers, none of the food-handlers or controls in this investigation carried the bacterium on their hands.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00070700310506227
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