Bacterial contamination of the hands of food handlers: Evidence from Jordanian diary industries

This study investigates the bacterial contamination of the hands of food handlers in the dairy products factories in Jordan. Duplicates of 90 swab stick samples were taken from food handlers in six factories and were spread at the surface of specific media; the violet red bile agar was used to isolate Escherichia coli and Baird-Parker agar was used to isolate Staphylococcus aureus