Table 3 E. coli on ETB among studied risk variables of food handlers at Haramaya town
From: Contamination of Ethiopian paper currency notes from various food handlers with E. coli
Variablesa | No. of examined | Positive no. (%) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Source–food type handled | |||
Butcher—meat handlers | 30 | 24 (80.0) | P > 0.05 |
Open market—milk sellers | 41 | 31 (75.6) | |
Cafeteria—Bread and relate handlers | 33 | 27 (81.8) | |
Supermarket—Fruit and vegetables handlers | 40 | 29 (72.5) | |
Currency notes | |||
Birr 1 | 34 | 27 (79.4) | P > 0.05 |
Birr 5 | 28 | 21 (75.0) | |
Birr 10 | 34 | 28 (82.4) | |
Birr 50 | 23 | 17 (73.9) | |
Birr 100 | 25 | 18 (72.1) | |
Handlers age in years | |||
11–20 | 42 | 28 (66.7) | P > 0.05 |
21–30 | 73 | 60 (82.2) | |
31–40 | 29 | 23 (79.3) | |
Handlers sex | |||
Female | 78 | 59 (75.6) | P > 0.05 |
Male | 66 | 52 (78.8) | |
Total | 144 | 111 (77.1) | |