Food safety in hospital: knowledge, attitudes and practices of nursing staff of two hospitals in Sicily, Italy

• Main Authors: La Guardia Maurizio (Author), Giammanco Marco (Author), Giammanco Santo (Author), Casuccio Alessandra (Author), Buccheri Cecilia (Author), Mammina Caterina (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2007-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Food hygiene in hospital poses peculiar problems, particularly given the presence of patients who could be more vulnerable than healthy subjects to microbiological and nutritional risks. Moreover, in nosocomial outbreaks of infectiou...