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Table 1 Inspection results in four periods before and during the Olympics

From: Management of environmental health issues for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games: is enhanced integrated environmental health surveillance needed in every day routine operation?

  

Inspection Results

Standardized inspection forms

Inspections

January – December 2003

January – May 2004

June – July 2004

Olympic Games

  

A,* B†

C‡ (%)

A, B

C (%)

A, B

C (%)

A, B

C (%)

Food premises

1648

243

45 (15.6)

376

93 (19.8)

545

53 (8.9)

251

42 (14.3)

Canteens

20

2

12 (85.7)

2

3 (60.0)

0

0 (0.0)

0

1 (100.0)

Hotels

883

169

7 (4.0)

229

86 (27.3)

268

28 (9.5)

92

4 (4.2)

Ships

48

0

0 (0.0)

0

12 (100.0)

8

2 (20.0)

26

0 (0.0)

Swimming pools

374

79

15 (16.0)

62

7 (10.1)

128

7 (5.2)

76

0 (0.0)

Water supply systems

1214

189

13 (6.4)

354

33 (8.5)

314

35 (10.0)

275

1 (0.4)

Cooling towers

136

18

23 (56.1)

7

8 (53.3)

37

11 (22.9)

32

0 (0.0)

Decorative fountains

336

74

156 (67.8)

26

14 (35.0)

38

7 (15.6)

21

0 (0.0)

Ice production plants

3

0

3 (100.0)

0

0 (0.0)

0

0 (0.0)

0

0 (0.0)

Areas requiring pest control

171

22

19 (46.3)

21

11 (34.4)

30

3 (9.1)

64

1 (1.5)

Waste management facilities

571

146

18 (11.0)

89

8 (8.2)

91

2 (2.2)

215

2 (0.9)

Public toilets

3051

185

24 (11.5)

603

52 (7.9)

661

44 (6.2)

1437

45 (3.0)

Sewage treatment units

20

7

1 (12.5)

3

0 (0.0)

6

1 (14.3)

2

0 (0.0)

Bottled water plants

21

3

3 (50.0)

7

0 (0.0)

6

2 (25.0)

0

0 (0.0)

Camps

4

2

0 (0.0)

0

0 (0.0)

1

0 (0.0)

1

0 (0.0)

Seacoast

44

6

0 (0.0)

6

10 (62.5)

20

0 (0.0)

2

0 (0.0)

Marinas

18

0

0 (0.0)

1

0 (0.0)

1

0 (0.0)

16

0 (0.0)

Total

8562

1145

339 (22.8)

1786

337 (15.9)

2154

195 (8.3)

2510

96 (3.7)

  1. *Satisfactory inspection result, †Relatively satisfactory inspection result, ‡Unsatisfactory inspection result