- 著者
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仲 克己
渡来 仁
- 出版者
- The Japanese Society of Nutrition and Dietetics
- 雑誌
- 栄養学雑誌 (ISSN:00215147)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.64, no.5, pp.273-279, 2006-10-01 (Released:2010-02-09)
- 参考文献数
- 11
We investigated the bacterial contamination of writing tools used in five facilities providing meals for school-children that were examined in 2003. Bacterial contmaination by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), Campylobacter jejuni and Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) was respectively detected in the writing tools of four facilities (80.0%), one facility (20.0%) and three facilities (60.0%). The bacterial contamination of writing tools was further investigated in 12 more facilities in 2004. Escherichia coli (E. coil), S. aureus and B. cereus were respectively detected in the writing tools of six facilities (50.0%), ten facilities (83.3%) and five facilities (41.7%). Bacterial contamination of the fingers before and after writing records of the cooking process was also examined. E. coli was detected on the fingers, which had been washed with an antiseptic solution, before recording the cooking process, S. aureus was detected on the fingers after recording the cooking process, and B. cereus were detected on the fingers both before and after recording the cooking process. A questionnaire survey of basic hygiene management showed that, while both dietitians and cooking staff were uneasy about bacterial contamination of the writing tools, many of them did not disinfect these writing tools with an antiseptic solution.