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. 1994 Dec;113(3):403–409. doi: 10.1017/s0950268800068412

Contamination of hands and work surfaces with Salmonella enteritidis PT4 during the preparation of egg dishes.

T J Humphrey 1, K W Martin 1, A Whitehead 1
PMCID: PMC2271315  PMID: 7995350

Abstract

Salmonella enteritidis PT4 was recovered from fingers following the breaking of intact shell eggs artificially contaminated in the contents with the bacterium. Kitchen utensils used to mix egg dishes were salmonella-positive, sometimes after washing. Following the preparation of batter or the mixing of eggs, S. enteritidis was recovered from work surfaces over 40 cm from the mixing bowl. The bacterium survived well in thin, dry films of either batter or egg and, from an initial level of one cell per cm2, could be recovered from formica work surfaces 24 h after contamination.

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