Abstract:
Food is needed by the body but food can also be a medium of transmission
of disease. One of food contamination is Escherichia coli (E.coli) that is spread
by kitchen sanitation facilities. This research is descriptive to find out the amount
of E.coli in food such as breakfast, lunch, dinner and drink at Nutrition
Installation of X Hospital. That amount of E.coli in food was calculated by Total
Plate Count (TPC) and for drink using Most Probable Number (MPN) method.
Data was collected by observation about kitchen sanitation facilities using check
list. Escherichia coli (E.coli) was found in food from all samples (100%) and in
drink from 2 (two) samples (100%). The result from observation indicated that
food storage (100%) were bad, trash (100%) were bad, toilet (100%) were bad,
washbasin (100%) were bad, cutting board (100%) were bad and refrigerator
(100%) were good. The result of this research didn’t fulfill the hygiene standart
by Permenkes RI No.1096/MENKES/PER/VI/2011.
