ISO 22000 Certification in Nigeria’s Healthcare Sector: Safeguarding Food Safety in Hospitals
The Overlooked Crisis in Nigerian Hospitals Within Nigeria's frantic hospitals, where physicians try to beat the clock while nurses attend to the ailing, an unassumingly-noxious threat persists — food safety. This is not a problem that many think of, and there are no alarm bells ringing to draw our attention to it, but it requires seamless attention because of how critical it is to patient recovery, staff health, and public trust. The aftermath of not being able to tend to such a pressing concern is dire, yet one can only ponder how bad it would feel to deal with a patient who has a weak immune system and is served a meal that has not been properly stored or handled. Just one innocent meal can undo years of labor within a single strike. This bleak picture is commonplace in many healthcare facilities beyond just being a food for thought. With all the intricacies that encompass the operations of the hospital, food safety becomes an afterthought, even when it is arguably one of the ...