Hygiene of Public Place in Jinan, China, 2018

Objective To investigate the hygienic status of public places in Jinan, China in 2018, and to provide basis and technical support for strengthening the hygiene management of public places.

Methods Hygienic surveillance was performed for hotels, swimming pools, bathing places, and barbershops in seven districts of Jinan, and the results were evaluated according to the Hygienic Indicators and Limits For Public Places (GB 37488- 2019).

Results A total of 103 public places in Jinan were monitored in 2018, among which 62 were qualified, with A qualified rate of 60.19%. Hotels had the highest qualified rate, while bathing places had the lowest qualified rate, and the qualified rates of hotels, barbershops/beauty salons, swimming pools, and bathing places were 78.57%, 62.50%, 42.86%, and 20.00%, respectively. A total of 1 543 samples were collected from 4 types of public places in Jinan in 2018, among which 1 427 were qualified, with A qualified rate of 92.48%. The samples from hotels had the highest qualified rate, while those from swimming pools had the lowest qualified rate, and the qualified rates of samples from hotels, swimming pools, bathing places, and barbershops/beauty salons were 96.47%, 52.57%, 83.21%, and 85.96%, respectively. For the indicators measured for hotels, A qualified rate of 100% was observed for xylene, carbon monoxide, total bacteria/Staphylococcus aureus in towels, coliform/Staphylococcus aureus in glasses for mouth rinsing, total bacteria/coliform/Staphylococcus aureus in tea set, and coliform/Staphylococcus aureus in bed sheet, and benzene had the lowest qualified rate of 80.77%. The relevant indicators measured for swimming pools exceeded the standard, especially the residual amount of disinfectant in swimming pool water and free residual chlorine in foot pool water, with qualified rates of 58.62% and 53.85%, respectively. For bathing places, total bacteria, coliform, and Staphylococcus aureus in towels and bathrobes had A qualified rate of 100%, and the residual amount of disinfectant in swimming pool water had the lowest qualified rate of 29.17%. For the indicators measured for barbershops/beauty salons, benzene, toluene, and xylene had A qualified rate of 100%, and total bacteria in towels had the lowest qualified rate of 85.71%.

Conclusion There is A generally good hygienic status of public places in Jinan in 2018, but bathing places have A relatively low qualified rate, and therefore, it is recommended to further strengthen hygiene supervision and management.