[HTML][HTML] Development and reliability of a quantitative personal hygiene assessment tool

MG Delea, JS Snyder, M Woreta, K Zewudie… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Personal hygiene practices, including facewashing and handwashing, reduce transmission
of pathogens, but are difficult to measure. Using color theory principles, we developed and …

[HTML][HTML] Scientific evidence supports the use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers as an effective alternative to hand washing in retail food and food service settings when …

JM Boyce, DW Schaffner - Journal of food protection, 2021 - Elsevier
Suboptimal food worker health and hygiene has been a common contributing factor in
foodborne disease outbreaks for many years. Despite clear US Food and Drug …

[HTML][HTML] Microbiological contamination of young children's hands in rural Bangladesh: Associations with child age and observed hand cleanliness as proxy

SM Parvez, R Azad, AJ Pickering, LH Kwong… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Hands are a route of transmission for fecal-oral pathogens. This analysis aimed
to assess associations between hand E. coli contamination and child age and determine if …

Both handwashing and an alcohol-based hand sanitizer intervention reduce soil and microbial contamination on farmworker hands during harvest, but produce type …

JL Prince-Guerra, ME Nace, RH Lyles… - Applied and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Hand hygiene interventions are critical for reducing farmworker hand contamination and
preventing the spread of produce-associated illness. Hand hygiene effectiveness may be …