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)