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MANAGERIAL CONTROL MANUAL
Prevent foodborne illness by ensuring that all foods are handled in a
sanitary manner.
Good, frequent hand washing is the best way to prevent the spread of
many common diseases. Hand washing removes visible dirt from hands and
helps loosen and reduce the number of harmful microbes (germs). Harmful
bacteria and viruses can be carried by people and transferred to food.
Wash hands before preparing or eating food. It is also a crucial step after
using the washroom or changing a diaper. The fecal-oral route is a common
way of spreading microbes from person to person. Fecal-oral means
contaminated feces (stool) from an infected person is passed to another
person and swallowed.
HAND WASHING STEPS
Soap doesn't kill the microbes found on hands. The action of rubbing the hands together with soap and
water and rinsing loosens the microbes so they slide off the hands in the running water. Research has
shown the temperature of the water doesn’t matter for effective hand washing. If using bar soap, use a
soap rack so it drains. Ring wearing may cause a slight decrease in the efficacy of hand washing.
Use a sink designated for hand washing.
Use liquid soap or bar soap.
Lather soap and rub hands together palm to palm, rub between the fingers, the back of each
hand using the palm of the other hand, rub fingertips on palms to clean under fingernails, rub
each thumb with the opposite hand, and rub each wrist with the opposite hand. This should
take at least 30 s econds. Use nail brush.
Rinse hands under running water for at least 10 seconds.
Dry hands completely with a paper towel or hot air.
Use the paper towel to turn off the water taps and discard the paper towel.
ANTIBACTERIAL SOAPS
Antibacterial soaps are not necessary in the household. Regular soap and good hand washing techniques
are adequate for use in the home. There is little evidence to suggest that antibacterial soaps reduce
infections in the home. Some research suggests that antibacterial soaps may lead to the emergence of
bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics.
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