Risk analysis and effective factors of pathogens on the hands of kindergarten students in Istanbul - Turkey

Tüm gıda güvenlik programları ve halk sağlığı prosedürlerinde birincil uygulayıcılar insanlardır. Ancak insanların tümü standart bir yapı sergilememektedir. Sosyal bir varlık olan insanın yapısındaki ana farklılıkların oluşmasında yaş, cinsiyet, sosyo-ekonomik pozisyonlar, psikolojik durumlar, aile içi eğitimler ve bakış açıları, çevresel etkenler gibi bireylere özgü değişkenler etkin bir rol oynamaktadır. Bu durum da, hem standart bir bilginin veya eğitimin verilmesindeki kişisel farklılıklara hem de standart bilgiyi ve eğitimin alınmasını takiben her bir bireyin alınan bilgileri hayata geçirmesinde kişisel farklılıklara neden olabilmektedir. Özellikle gelişim çağını yaşayan ve okul öncesi eğitim alan çocuklara kişisel hijyen prosedürleri çok bilinçli ve dengeli bir biçimde öğretilmeli, uygulattırılmalı ve söz konusu prosedürler okul öncesi eğitim alan çocuklara eğlenceli bir alışkanlık haline getirilmelidir. Bu araştırma, İstanbul bölgesindeki okul öncesi eğitim alan (anaokuluna devam eden) öğrencilerin bireysel değişkenlerinin (yaş, cinsiyet, sosyo - ekonomik durum, el yıkama alışkanlığı vb.) seçilen başlıca gıda kaynaklı patojen bakteri parametreleri açısından (toplam mezofilik aerobik bakteri, toplam koliform grubu bakteri, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella spp.) ellerindeki mikrobiyolojik yükü nasıl etkilediğinin istatistik analizlerle belirlenmesi amaçlamaktadır. Bu amaçla İstanbul bölgesinde bulunan 10 adet anaokulu 3 ay boyunca her ay olmak üzere ziyaret edilmiş ve her bir okuldan 20 adet öğrenci örneklemesi yapılmıştır. Alınan örnekler seçilen mikrobiyolojik parametreler açısından analiz edilmiş ve analiz sonuçları ile öğrencilerin kişisel değişkenleri arasındaki korelasyon ilişkileri belirlenmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

anaokulu, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Türkiye, yaş farklılıkları, bakteri sayısı, bakteriyel hastalıklar, koliform bakterileri, koliform sayısı, gıda hijyeni, el, hijyen, risk analizi, salmonelloz, cinsiyet farklılıkları, sosyoekonomik durum, öğrenci, İstanbul

İstanbul’daki anaokulu öğrencilerinin ellerindeki gıda kaynaklı patojenlerin etkileyici faktörleri ve risk analizleri

Persons are the primary performers for all food security systems and public health procedures, but humans do not have a standard configuration. The personal variables like age, gender, economic positions, psychological conditions, educations given by the family, life style and environment are the factors that determine main personal differences of humans. This situation can cause implementation differences for standard procedures as food security performances, educations related with food hygiene. Especially individual hygiene procedures must be taught to students are being educated in preschool programs very effectively and in entertaining ways. In this study, we aim to determine how the personal variables (age, gender, social and economic positions, hand washing habits etc) effect the microbiological load of the students’ hands according to the chosen microbiological parameters statsitically (plate count, total coliform group bacteria, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella spp.) who are registered preschool education (kindergarten) programs of different schools in Istanbul. For this purpose, 10 preschool education programs (kindergartens) were visited during 3 months (visits were monthly). From each school 20 students were sampled. The samples were analyzed for the chosen microbiological parameters and the correlations were determined among the microbiological parameters and the individual variables of the students.

Keywords:

kindergarten, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Turkey, age differences, bacterial count, bacterial diseases, coliform bacteria, coliform count, food hygiene, hands, hygiene, risk assessment, salmonellosis, sex differences, socioeconomic status, students, Istanbul,

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