Advice for catering staff on hand washing, to avoid cross-contamination when handling food.
Effective hand washing is one of the most important, indeed a crucial factor in preventing food poisoning.
How to Wash Your Hands Properly
This guidance is also available to download below as an information sheet in PDF format.
Step 1
Wet your hands thoroughly under warm running water and squirt liquid soap onto the palm of one hand
Step 2
Rub your hands together to make a lather
Step 3
Rub the palm of one hand along the back of the other and along the fingers. Then repeat with the other hand
Step 4
Rub in between each of your fingers on both hands and round your thumbs
Step 5
Rinse off the soap with clean water
Step 6
Dry hands thoroughly on a disposable towel
Washing your hands should take between 10 and 20 seconds.
Remember that everyone who handles food always need to wash their hands before starting work, after a break, after going to the toilet, after emptying a bin and before starting a new task.
