Knowledge, attitude, and practice on food safety culture among kitchen employees of Malaysian government hospitals / Suhaila Abdul Rashid ... [et al.]

The objective of the present study was to use a questionnaire on knowledge, attitude, practice (KAP) to assess food safety culture in government hospital kitchens. Four different government hospitals kitchens with food safety management system (FSMS) in place located in Selangor and Federal Territor...

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Main Authors: Abdul Rashid, Suhaila, Ariffin, Hashim Fadzil, Sanny, Maimunah, Ungku Zainal Abidin, Ungku Fatimah, Abdul Mutalib, Noor-Azira, Mohd Izani, Hasni Falina
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Published: Universiti Teknologi Mara Cawangan Pulau Pinang 2020
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29282/
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author Abdul Rashid, Suhaila
Ariffin, Hashim Fadzil
Sanny, Maimunah
Ungku Zainal Abidin, Ungku Fatimah
Abdul Mutalib, Noor-Azira
Mohd Izani, Hasni Falina
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Ariffin, Hashim Fadzil
Sanny, Maimunah
Ungku Zainal Abidin, Ungku Fatimah
Abdul Mutalib, Noor-Azira
Mohd Izani, Hasni Falina
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description The objective of the present study was to use a questionnaire on knowledge, attitude, practice (KAP) to assess food safety culture in government hospital kitchens. Four different government hospitals kitchens with food safety management system (FSMS) in place located in Selangor and Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur were evaluated. The questionnaires were used to assess the basic food hygiene knowledge, attitude and practice of the hospital food handlers and samples were collected from the selected critical sampling location (CSL). The results suggest that food hygiene and safety control is always considered as important and prioritized in most of the hospitals. Attention needs to be given to KAP on time and temperature control that are indicating a lower score to have a total positive prevailing FS-culture.
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spelling uitm-292822025-07-17T07:36:24Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29282/ Knowledge, attitude, and practice on food safety culture among kitchen employees of Malaysian government hospitals / Suhaila Abdul Rashid ... [et al.] ejssh Abdul Rashid, Suhaila Ariffin, Hashim Fadzil Sanny, Maimunah Ungku Zainal Abidin, Ungku Fatimah Abdul Mutalib, Noor-Azira Mohd Izani, Hasni Falina Research Citizen participation The objective of the present study was to use a questionnaire on knowledge, attitude, practice (KAP) to assess food safety culture in government hospital kitchens. Four different government hospitals kitchens with food safety management system (FSMS) in place located in Selangor and Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur were evaluated. The questionnaires were used to assess the basic food hygiene knowledge, attitude and practice of the hospital food handlers and samples were collected from the selected critical sampling location (CSL). The results suggest that food hygiene and safety control is always considered as important and prioritized in most of the hospitals. Attention needs to be given to KAP on time and temperature control that are indicating a lower score to have a total positive prevailing FS-culture. Universiti Teknologi Mara Cawangan Pulau Pinang 2020-01 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29282/1/29282.pdf Abdul Rashid, Suhaila and Ariffin, Hashim Fadzil and Sanny, Maimunah and Ungku Zainal Abidin, Ungku Fatimah and Abdul Mutalib, Noor-Azira and Mohd Izani, Hasni Falina (2020) Knowledge, attitude, and practice on food safety culture among kitchen employees of Malaysian government hospitals / Suhaila Abdul Rashid ... [et al.]. (2020) ESTEEM Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/ESTEEM_Journal_of_Social_Sciences_and_Humanities.html>, 4 (SI Jan): 20. pp. 180-195. ISSN 2600-7274 https://ejssh.uitm.edu.my/
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Citizen participation
Abdul Rashid, Suhaila
Ariffin, Hashim Fadzil
Sanny, Maimunah
Ungku Zainal Abidin, Ungku Fatimah
Abdul Mutalib, Noor-Azira
Mohd Izani, Hasni Falina
Knowledge, attitude, and practice on food safety culture among kitchen employees of Malaysian government hospitals / Suhaila Abdul Rashid ... [et al.]
title Knowledge, attitude, and practice on food safety culture among kitchen employees of Malaysian government hospitals / Suhaila Abdul Rashid ... [et al.]
title_full Knowledge, attitude, and practice on food safety culture among kitchen employees of Malaysian government hospitals / Suhaila Abdul Rashid ... [et al.]
title_fullStr Knowledge, attitude, and practice on food safety culture among kitchen employees of Malaysian government hospitals / Suhaila Abdul Rashid ... [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge, attitude, and practice on food safety culture among kitchen employees of Malaysian government hospitals / Suhaila Abdul Rashid ... [et al.]
title_short Knowledge, attitude, and practice on food safety culture among kitchen employees of Malaysian government hospitals / Suhaila Abdul Rashid ... [et al.]
title_sort knowledge, attitude, and practice on food safety culture among kitchen employees of malaysian government hospitals / suhaila abdul rashid ... [et al.]
topic Research
Citizen participation
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29282/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29282/