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Abstract
Chicken meat is an important source of animal proteins in meals serviced hospitals’ catering due to its high nutritive value for immune-compromised patients. However, it could be contaminated with pathogens such as S. aureus, Salmonella and Escherichia coli. So, to secure a safe chicken meat meal for patients, special precautions must be taken. Therefore, the current study was implemented to evaluate the bacteriological status of chicken meals in hospital catring through collecting 168 samples (104 of chicken shawerma, 32 of shish tawook and 32 of roasted chicken) and 55 swabs from food contact surfaces and employee’s hands. The chicken meat samples are examined for APC, total Staphylococcus count, total coliform count, fecal coliform count, as well as detection of S. aureus, E. coli and Salmonella spp. APC mean value for chicken shawerma is (6.3 log10 CFU/g). APC mean value of shish tawook is 6.5 log10 CFU/g. APC for roasted chicken is 4.9 log10 CFU/g). All previous results decreased after cooking. E. coli was detected and only before cooking.there for cooking is the majoir CCP detected during preparation of these chiken meals. S. aureus and Salmonella are not detected from the three products in all preparation steps.