![]() How do you wash hands properly?
Safe food handling requires a clean environment free from contaminates. An important factor in preventing food contamination is keeping your hands clean. Hand washing is also a simple way of avoiding sickness and disease. It is important to wash hands properly and at appropriate times. In food handling environments it is an important food safety requirement that you wash hands regularly, in particular:
In order to properly cleanse you need to use a hand washing technique that does not recontaminate your hands. The recommended procedure you should use to wash hands with soap and water is as follows.
By law all food preparation areas must be equipped with a dedicated hand washing sink. You will sometimes find that you need to wash hands in a place where there is no running water. In these situations you should use a hand sanitizer. Gel type hand sanitizers contain up to 60% ethyl alcohol and are flammable, foaming type hand sanitizers do not contain alcohol and are non-flammable. Antimicrobial towellettes and wipes are also a convenient and effective way to wash hands where soap and water are not available. If you would like to know more about food safety and safe food handling the Australian Online College has two (2) courses available. Why not enrol in a safe food handling certificate course now? This page is about how to wash hands properly, hand sanitizer, hand washing, food safety and food safe handling. |
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