Proper Hygiene and Proper Handwashing

PERSONAL HYGIENE AND
PROPER HANDWASHING
Personal hygiene are health practices
and habits which enable one to stay
physically healthy. This means keeping
oneself clean to avoid transfer of harmful
bacteria especially in food preparation.
WAYS TO ACHIEVE
PERSONAL HYGIENE
1. Regularly wash and cut your hair to keep a
neat appearance. If you have facial hair, you can
save money by maintaining it yourself with a set
of quality clippers.
2. Visit the dentist at least once a year (twice a
year is optimal). Though you are brushing every
day, your dentist will correct any dental
problems you have.
3. Bathe every day before work, or every
night before you go to sleep. This will help you
cleanse/remove body odor.
4. Wear deodorant or antiperspirant daily if you
tend to sweat heavily. Some people can actually get
away with not wearing deodorant, but most people,
especially those who have heavy duty jobs or work in
warm climates, benefit greatly from it.
5. Scrub your hands with soap and water before you
handle any food especially when you have just come from the
toilet, after touching your hair or other parts of your body,
and after your hands cover your mouth or nose when you
cough or sneeze. Be sure to clean under fingernails where dirt
and bacteria tend to accumulate.
6. Trim your nails; especially if you work in
the food service .This will help keep your hands
much cleaner and prevent the spread of the
germs to the food.
7. Keep hand sanitizer and facial tissues near your work
desk. If you do not work on your desk, put travel sizes of these
items in your pocket. Sanitizer and tissues will come in handy
when you're ill and can also prevent the spread of germs
resulting from touching items such as money and computer
keyboards.
8. Use a separate towel or cloth for drying
dishes, wiping countertops, and wiping hands.
9. Avoid working with food when you have an open
cut, sore, boil, or infected wound in your hands. Pus
and other liquids secreted by the wound contain
millions of harmful bacteria that can cause food
poisoning.
10. Keep hands out of food as much as possible.
Otherwise, wear disposable gloves.
11. Avoid smoking while preparing or handling
food as ashes may drop into the food.
12. Wear suitable clothes at work. Do not wear
clothes with long sleeves when working with
food. Wear also comfortable and clean shoes. Be
sure aprons are always clean.
Proper Hand washing
Washing is the single most effective way to prevent the
spread of infections. "Germs" (a general term for microbes
like viruses and bacteria) can be spread casually by touching
another person. You can also catch germs when you touch
contaminated objects or surfaces and then you touch your
face (mouth, eyes, and nose).
"Good" hand washing techniques include using an
adequate amount of soap, rubbing the hands together to
create friction, and rinsing under running water.
The following are different situations where
people can pick up "germs“:
• Hands are visibly soiled.
• After using the washroom (includes changing diapers).
• After blowing your nose or after sneezing in your hands.
• Before and after eating, handling food, drinking or smoking.
• After touching raw meat, poultry, or fish.
• After handling garbage.
• Visiting or caring for sick people.
• Handling pets, animals or animal waste.
Use comfortably warm,
running water. Hands should
be washed for a minimum of
15 -20 seconds - longer if the
hands are visibly oiled.
What is the right way to wash your hands?
• Wet your hands with clean running water (warm or cold) and
apply soap.
• Rub your hands together to make lather and scrub them
well; be sure to scrub the backs of your hands, between your
fingers, and under your nails.
• Continue rubbing your hands for at least 20 seconds.
• Rinse your hands well under running water.
• Dry your hands using a clean towel or air dry
Directions: Write T if the statement is correct and F if the statement is
wrong.
_____1. Use gloves as substitute for hand washing.
_____2. Rinsing of hands only is enough to cleanse our hands.
_____3. Avoid smoking while preparing food to avoid ashes from dropping into the food.
_____4. Personal hygiene means keeping oneself clean helps avoid transfer of harmful
bacteria.
_____5. Wash hands for a minimum of 30 seconds.
_____6. Use hand towels for wiping dishes.
_____7. Avoid working with food when you have an open cut or wound
_____8. Sanitizer helps prevent spread of germs resulting from touching items like
money.
_____9. Wash hands only before eating.
_____10. Always wear clean work clothes and aprons.

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