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Department of Public Health, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea*Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Keimyung University, Daegu, KoreaABSTRACTObjectives: This study was performed to investigate hygienic behavior of food handlers and general populationfocusing on awareness of hand-washing and the microbial load of their hands. Methods: A questionnaire survey and microbiological analysis were carried out for sixty-four people each.Samples for microbiological analysis were collected through the glove-juice method from the hands, and wereanalyzed for the presence of aerobic plate counts, total coliform, fecal coliform, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcusaureus, and Salmonella spp. according to the Food Code of Korea. Results: In the survey, significant differences between the food handlers and general population (p <0.01) werefound in hand-washing frequency, duration, use of hand-washing agents, washing parts of hands, hand-dryingmethod, and method of turning off water. In eight different situations among the ten particular situations in theirdaily life, more food handlers responded to wash their hands than general population (p < 0.05). Bacterial loadon hands with general population was consistently higher than with food handlers (p < 0.05), however,percentages of positive hands of S. aureus and Salmonella spp. were not. Conclusions: Poor hand hygiene practices were indicated by the positive results for E. coli, S. aureus, andSalmonella spp. on the hands of some respondents in both groups. This study reveals that there is the need forprograms or campaigns to increase hand-washing practices of both groups. Keywords: hand hygiene, awareness, microbial load, food handlers, general population

A Study on Hand Hygiene Practices: A Comparison of Food Handlers with General Population