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  "path": "/2026/06/hygiene-and-food-handling-gaps-increase-risk-for-patients/",
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  "textContent": "Poor hygiene, unsafe food handling practices, and a reliance on untrained food handlers may be placing vulnerable patients at some psychiatric hospitals at risk of foodborne illnesses, according to researchers in South Africa.\n\nA study from the University of the Western Cape (UWC) assessed food safety practices among 91 foodservice",
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