Table 5.

Hygiene practices of participants

Questions	n	Category	Participants (n)	Percentage (%)
1. How do you clean your chopping board and knife after preparing raw chicken?	1555	With cold water and wipe dry	18	1.2
		With warm water and wipe dry	75	4.8
		With hot water and a washing up liquid and dry	1456	93.6
		Away with a wet towel	6	0.4
2.While handling raw chicken when do you wash hands?	1555	If my hands are dirty, I wash beforehand	16	1.0
		Wash hand after handling raw chicken	488	31.4
		I always wash hand before and between handling different food items	1044	67.1
		I don’t remember	7	0.5
3. How do you clean your hands after handling raw meat?	1553	Wipe with a tea-towel, dishcloth, J-cloth	6	0.4
		Rinse them under tap water	52	3.3
		Wash with ordinary soap and tap water	513	33.0
		Wash with antibacterial soap, warm water	982	63.2
4. To wash your hands properly, after applying soap to wet hands, how long should you rub your hands together for?	1556	At least 5–10 s	72	4.6
		At least 10–15 s	156	10.0
		At least 15–20 s	632	40.6
		At least 20–30 s	696	44.7
Total Pass			1334	87.6
Mean score ± standard deviation		2.38 ± 0.86

Passing scores: 2 or more correct answers out of 4 questions

The correct answers are highlighted in bold