Studies on bacterial contaminants on nails of food vendors in selected markets of gboko local government area, benue state, Nigeria
The aim of this study was to assess the occurrence of bacterial contaminants in fingernails of food vendors in three selected markets of Gboko Local Government Area, Benue State, Nigeria. A total of thirty (30) nail samples were collected from food vendors, 10 samples from each market using new razor blade for each subject. Standard laboratory procedures were carried out on nail samples including inoculation, cultural characterization, microbial count and biochemical identification of bacteria.