Evidence Based Practice: Meta-Analysis Application in Food Safety

This report discusses the application of Evidence Based Practice (EBP) in the field of food safety, with a focus on the Food Safety and Inspection Service. EBP, which combines clinical expertise, research, and patient values, is increasingly used across various sectors, including medicine and education. The report highlights the steps involved in EBP (Assess, Ask, Acquire, Appraise, and Apply) and emphasizes the role of meta-analysis as a statistical tool for combining study results to address issues and improve project efficiency. The Food Safety and Inspection Service utilizes meta-analysis to collect data, make informed decisions on food safety standards, estimate illness levels from contaminated food, and evaluate antimicrobial interventions. The synthesized data aids in policy and rule formation, demonstrating the value of adopting meta-analysis across organizations to enhance global health standards. The report concludes by suggesting the inclusion of more clinical trials through increased sample testing and broader organizational participation, while acknowledging potential barriers such as trust in reports and sample authenticity. Desklib offers a wealth of similar solved assignments and resources for students.

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ABSTRACT

EBP stands for Evidence Based Practice which has become famous in the field of
medicine and clinics these days. An amalgamation of clinical expertise, best research
values and patients’ value, this technique is used and celebrated across the world.
For any organization to prove its worth, Evidence Based Practice is used not only in
medicine field but also is been used in educational fields. The steps used in EBP are-
Asses, Ask, Acquire, Appraise and Apply.
One of the tools used in EBP is meta-analysis that mainly is a statistical tool, and is
used in combining the results of the various studies and cases, these further helps in
solving the various issues and problems. It helps in understanding the efficiency of
the project. Hence, meta-study is used and is helpful in the integration of empirical
research and helps in providing evidence for the as decisions for the best practices
around (which is also an important element in the EBP circleLo2010(Houser, 2010).
Another field which uses EBP is food safety. Our organization, Food Safety and
Inspection service is well equipped in using the meta-analysis tool which not only
helps in collecting data of the various places but also helps in taking best decisions in
regard to the food and safety standards across various places. The ways how it has
been useful for our organization are-
 Helped in estimating the illness level in the population due to the
consumption of contaminated food.
 Interventions of antimicrobe which causes illness can also be calculated.
 The synthesized data is useful later on in forming policies and rules.
As meta-analysis has proved to be extremely helpful to our organization, it is
essential that all the organizations adopt this practice so that will the pool of findings
of various organizations; standard practices can be formed to improve the level of
health in the world.
More clinical trial can be added by-
 Having more samples tested.
 More organizations of board-01312(Lamontagne, 2013).
The barriers can be the trust factors people have on our reports along with the
authenticity in the samples which are collected by the organization.

Bibliography
Houser, J. (2010). Evidence-Based Practice. London: Cengage Publication .
Lamontagne, K. (2013, April). Evidence-Based Practice : AJN The American
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