International Journal of Microbiology / 2020 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites and Gastrointestinal Carriage of Pathogenic Gram Negative Enteric Bacteria among Apparently Healthy Food Handlers of Public Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Table 2 Prevalence of intestinal parasites and pathogenic Gram-negative enteric bacteria among 6 food handlers in public hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March to June 2017(n = 368).
Variables Total tested no. (%) Positive intestinal parasite no. (%) Positive enteric bacteria no. (%) Sex Male 70 (19) 20 (28.6) 0 (0) Female 298 (81) 99 (33.2) 17 (5.7) Age group 18–35 211 (57.3) 69 (32.7) 11 (5.2) 36–53 150 (40.8) 46 (30.7) 5 (3.3) >53 7 (1.9) 4 (57.1) 1 (14.3) Educational status Illiterate 48 (13.1) 8 (16.7) 3 (6.25) Primary school 149 (40.5) 60 (40.3) 7 (4.7) Secondary school 133 (36.1) 45 (33.8) 6 (4.5) TVET 17 (4.6) 3 (17.6) 1 (5.9) College/University 21 (5.7) 3 (14.3) 0 (0) Years working at hospital <2 years 100 (27.2) 33 (33) 3 (3) 2–10 years 167 (45.4) 51 (30.5) 8 (4.8) 11–20 years 68 (18.5) 25 (36.8) 5 (7.4) >21 years 33 (8.9) 10 (30.3) 1 (3) Food preparation and handling training Yes 77 (20.9) 13 (16.9) 0 (0) No 291 (79.1) 106 (36.4) 17 (5.84) Hand washing habit after toilet With water only 150 (40.8) 68 (45.3) 8 (5.3) With water and detergent 218 (59.2) 51 (23.4) 9 (4.1) Eat raw/undercooked food Yes 217 (59) 88 (40.6) 10 (4.6) No 151 (41) 31 (20.5) 7 (4.6) Wash hand before touching food Yes 337 (99.6) 110 (32.6) 14 (4.2) No 31 (8.4) 9 (29) 3 (9.7) Prepare food when suffering from diarrhea Yes 50 (13.6) 19 (38) 2 (4) No 318 (86.4) 100 (31.4) 15 (4.7) Nail trimming habit Yes 322 (87.5) 102 (31.7) 14 (4.3) No 46 (12.5) 17 (37) 3 (6.5) Swimming habit Yes 53 (14.4) 13 (24.5) 1 (2) No 315 (85.6) 106 (33.7) 16 (5.1) Sharing a knife and other equipment Yes 271 (73.6) 102 (37.6) 12 (4.4) No 97 (26.4) 17 (17.5) 5 (5.2) Sharing a knife and other equipment months Yes 187 (50.8) 37 (19.8) 8 (4.3) No 181 (49.2) 82 (45.3) 9 (4.9)