Perceptions, Knowledge, and Attitudes of Students towards Safety Practice in Culinary Laboratories (original) (raw)

Awareness of University Students on Laboratory Safety

Atlantis Press, 2020

In laboratories where dangerous conditions might exist, safety precautions are important. Rules exist to minimize the individual's risk, and safety equipment is used to protect the lab user from injury or to assist in responding to an emergency. The purpose of the research is to create an awareness of university students on laboratory safety. After a thorough survey, the following aspects were identified and are briefly discussed here is rule and regulations, safety and role of Occupational Safety, Health and Environment (OSHE) in the laboratory. Based on the survey done from 30 respondents, the awareness of students on laboratory safety is good but there are some students not following the rules in the laboratory.

Knowledge Analysis of High School Students on Work Safety in Laboratory

BIOEDUSCIENCE, 2021

Background: A laboratory is a learning tool for conducting experiments or observations. Knowledge of workplace safety procedures and laboratory tools and materials can simplify and streamline the learning process. This study aims to analyze the knowledge of high school students on laboratory work safety material. Methods: This study is a quantitative study, namely research that describes students' knowledge of laboratory work safety. The research subjects were students of class X MIA 1 and MIA 2 SMAN 7 Jambi City, class X students of SMAS Insan Madani Jambi. Primary data on students' abilities about work safety in the laboratory were measured by a multiple-choice test consisting of 4 alternative choices, namely A, B, C, and D. Secondary data were taken by using an interview sheet for class X biology. Data were analyzed according to Miles and Huberman, namely data reduction, display data, and conclusions. Results: High school students' knowledge of work safety materials i...

Food Safety Attitude of Culinary Arts Based Students in Public and Private Higher Learning Institutions (IPT)

International Education Studies, 2009

Food safety issue is not new in Malaysia as problems such as unsafe food handling, doubtful food preparation, food poisoning outbreaks in schools and education institutions and spreading of infectious food borne illness has been discussed by the public more often than before. The purpose of this study is to examine the food safety knowledge and attitude of culinary based students from four (4) public and private higher learning institutions (IPT) with prior knowledge on food safety, hygiene and sanitation. The study involved a total of 114 group administered questionnaires that were usable and coded comprising of 34-questions assessing their knowledge and attitude on food safety. The research finds that higher learning institution's students who have prior knowledge on food safety partly do not represent their attitude towards food safety although their correlations recorded moderate positive relationships especially on personal hygiene practice (p=0.07, r=0.42) and keeping food at safe temperature (p=0.17, r=0.36). On the other hand, their knowledge in avoiding cross contamination (p=0.00, r=0.50) and avoiding food from unsafe sources (p=0.02, r=0.36) were positive and significant in influencing their food safety attitude. There were no significant differences among food safety knowledge and attitude based on the students' demographic profiles. The results urged for more improvement in both knowledge and practice of food safety among students in public and private higher learning institutions towards recommended food safety standards and positive attitude in food preparation process.

A Questionnaire-Based Survey on Food Safety Knowledge during Food-Handling and Food Preparation Practices among University Students

Journal of Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics, 2017

The objective of the study was to assess the level of food safety handling knowledge and practices among university students and to explore the association between their knowledge/practices and the socio-demographic and academic characteristics. Participants were undergraduate students enrolled in the University of Agriculture Peshawar. They completed a questionnaire containing six question of food safety grouped into two subsections: food microbiology/ cross-contamination and food storage (chilling). Students from faculties delivering health-related programs significantly outperformed those from humanity-sciences programs on food safety knowledge during food preparation practices. Females obtained considerably better food-handling scores than males. An educational background relevant to food safety was a significant predictor of responding accurately to a wide range of study questions. These results substantiate the need for educational initiatives tailored to develop the food safety knowledge and food-handling practices of students of university of agriculture Peshawar.

Determination of Prospective Chemistry Teachers' Opinions and Information Levels on Laboratory Safety

2017

Activities carried out in the laboratory provide important contributions to students in terms of developing their research, problem solving, questioning, using hand skills and communication skills. However, providing safety during the studies in the laboratory environment is extremely important. The aim of this study is to determine information level and ideas of prospective chemistry teachers on laboratory safety. Descriptive method is used in study. The sample of the research consists of 58 participants who are studying in Chemistry Teaching department. Questionnaires and informal observations were used as data collection tools. From point of view of the obtained data, scores of the students in different grades in questionnaires were compared with ANOVA. A statistically significant difference was found between the scores obtained from the questionnaire (F(3,57)=10,568; p 0,05). The questionnaire results show that prospective chemistry teacher are aware of the importance of safety ...

Technical laboratory safety; relation to lecturers’ safety practice

With regard in increasing awareness of Occupational Safety and Health issue in Malaysia, lecturer in technical institution are not exempted to give consciousness towards their students. Lecturers are bear with climate of accountability and liability for the safe conduct of laboratory process. With careful practice, most of the dangers in technical laboratory can be avoided. Therefore, this paper is attempted to focus technical laboratory safety related to lecturers’ safety practice. The study giving emphasis on supervision, present proper safety and laboratory instruction and maintain equipment and facilities. By using stratified random sampling, survey questionnaires were distributes to engineering students who have been engaged in technical laboratory in one of the polytechnic in northern region. The data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS version13.0). The Pearson Correlation was use to measure the association between the variables. The study shows that there is a significant relationship between lectures’ safety practice toward technical laboratory safety. Hence, safety practice adopted by lecture is a vital in realizing technical laboratory safety.

Evaluation of awareness and safety among students and technicians in UTM research chemical laboratories

2019

Incidences in chemical research laboratories have been occurring at an alarming rate resulting in chemical-related injuries and illnesses ranging from skin and eye irritation to burns, chronic diseases, or death. Students need to make safety as part of their daily routine when working in chemical research laboratories by understanding particular hazardous characteristics of chemicals they are using in order to prevent accidents. Standards such as OSHA's Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratory standard (29 CFR 1910.1450) can be used by institutions for safe work in research laboratories. The purpose of this study is to assess the awareness and safety of students and technicians in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) chemical research laboratories, to identify the type of hazards in chemical research laboratories and propose improvements to existing guidelines. For this study, a qualitative method was used for data collection using a self-administered questionnaire for students and technicians and laboratory checklist. The data collected was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPPS). After various observations and analysis, it is recommended that chemical spillage and handling should be included in the existing guidelines for awareness and safety on hazards caused by chemical and acutement substances in the chemical research laboratories; students should be given safety practices training to create awareness and prevent laboratory accidents when carrying out experiments; and laboratory inspections should be carried out to see whether the students and technicians are adhering to laboratory rules and regulations.

A Case Study on the Efficacy of Technical Laboratory Safety in Polytechnic

Technical laboratories are typically considered as highly hazardous places in the polytechnic institution when addressing the problems of high incidences and fatality rates. In conjunction with several topics covered in the technical curricular, safety and health precaution should be highlighted in order to connect to few key ideas of being safe. Therefore the assessment of safety awareness in terms of safety and health about hazardous and risks at laboratories is needed and has to be incorporated with technical education and other training programmes. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of technical laboratory safety in one of the polytechnics in northern region. The study examined three related issues that were; the availability of safety material and equipment, safety practice adopted by technical teachers and administrator’s safety attitudes in enforcing safety to the students. A model of efficacy technical laboratory was developed to test the linear relationship between existing safety material and equipment, teachers’ safety practice and administrators’ attitude in enforcing safety and to identify which of technical laboratory safety issues was the most pertinent factor to realize safety in technical laboratory. This was done by analyzing survey-based data sets particularly those obtained from samples of 210 students in the polytechnic. The Pearson Correlation was used to measure the association between the variables and to test the research hypotheses. The result of the study has found that there was a significant correlation between existing safety material and equipment, safety practice adopted by teacher and administrator’s attitude. There was also a significant relationship between technical laboratory safety and safety practice adopted by teacher and between technical laboratory safety and administrator attitude. Hence, safety practice adopted by teacher and administrator attitude is vital in realizing technical laboratory safety.

Food safety assessment on knowledge, attitude, and practice: A study among food handlers

Proceedings of the The First International Conference On Islamic Development Studies 2019, ICIDS 2019, 10 September 2019, Bandar Lampung, Indonesia, 2019

Good personal hygiene and food safety practices are crucial in foodservice establishments. It should guarantee the food is safe to be eaten by the consumers. However, food poisoning cases are still arising from time to time. Therefore, this study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices of food safety among food-handlers. A quantitative method is applied in this study involving 140 foodhandlers. The results showed that respondents do possess the right attitude; however, there are some vital aspects of food safety that still can be improvised. In addition, the respondents were reported to have good knowledge of food handling. In terms of practice, the respondents do practice the important aspects of food safety and hygiene, but still, there are some of them that are being neglected. Hence, the outcomes of this study may perhaps increase the awareness of food-handlers regarding the importance of hygiene in food premises.

The Level of Knowledge and Opinions of Science Teacher Candidates on Safety Measurements in General Chemistry Laboratory Studies

Journal of education and training studies, 2019

In general chemistry laboratories of universities, faculty members and students work with chemicals and devices and they are exposed to various risks. For this reason, it is of great importance whether teacher candidates are who are the teachers of future are adequately equipped in terms of laboratory safety or not. This study was conducted on teacher candidates who participated in General Chemistry Laboratory practices in Science Teacher Education program and their opinions and knowledge levels about laboratory safety were investigated. In the study, teacher candidates were informed about the necessary precautions while working in a general chemistry laboratory in 4 courses. Then, in order to increase the awareness and responsibility of the students via the information that taught in courses, the General Chemistry Laboratory Safety questionnaire form given in the appendix was applied. The questionnaire form developed for laboratory safety was applied to 81 teacher candidates. According to the results obtained from the study, it has been found out that teacher candidates mostly find the general chemistry laboratory safety important and understand the importance of information about safety. SPSS 13.0 was used to analyze the consequences of the survey.