Hygienic Recommendations for Food Service in Hospital Environments During COVID-19 Confinement: Scoping Review.
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COVID-19, Coronavirus, Food safety, Food services, Hospital EnvironmentAbstract
Abstract
Objective: To explore the main hygiene and food safety measures for food services in hospital environments during the period of confinement due to COVID-19.
Methods: A scoping review of articles published between December 1, 2019 and August 30, 2020, in PubMed and EMBASE databases respectively, was developed. As eligibility criteria, studies were included that will report outcome measures that will incorporate aspects of hygiene or food safety in hospital enviroments and / or food production units.
Results: 5.359 articles were identified, of which 14 research papers were incorporated into the analysis. The results were classified according to year of publication, country, objective, research design and findings. 50% of the studies analyzed were narrative reviews and rapid reviews of the literature. The hygiene measures with the highest reporting frequency were the use of masks 35.7% (5 articles) and hand washing 35.7% (5 articles).
Conclusions: The analysis of the evidence of the currently recommended measures indicates that, with regard to hand washing and the use of masks, the evidence has a high degree of certainty. Regarding the recommendations for environmental hygiene, the prevention of food contamination and the use of alcohol gel, the evidence is of low methodological rigor.
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