Kitchen Cutting Boards Harbor Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
A new study
published in the Journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
found that kitchen cutting boards can become contaminated with
antibiotic-resistant bacteria from raw meat. Researchers at the
University Hospital in Basel, Switzerland looked at 154 cutting boards
before they were washed from the hospital and 44 from private homes
after they were used to prepare pork, beef, veal, lamb, game, or
fish. In addition, kitchen gloves worn during meat preparation were
tested.
The scientists discovered that 6.5% of the hospital cutting boards and 3.5% of the household cutting boards used to prepare poultry tested positive for “multidrug-resistant E. coli bacteria.” None of the boards used for meat other than poultry dated positive. Fifty percent of the gloves were contaminated with multidrug-resistant E. coli.
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The scientists discovered that 6.5% of the hospital cutting boards and 3.5% of the household cutting boards used to prepare poultry tested positive for “multidrug-resistant E. coli bacteria.” None of the boards used for meat other than poultry dated positive. Fifty percent of the gloves were contaminated with multidrug-resistant E. coli.
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