Wayne County Indiana Health Department Guidelines:
When to Wash Hands • Before placing gloves on hands • After touching human body parts • After using the restroom, coughing, sneezing, blowing your nose, eating, using tobacco, or drinking • Before and during food preparation, when switching between raw food and ready-to-eat foods or as often as necessary to remove contamination and to prevent cross-contamination • After engaging in other activities that contaminate the hands (taking out the garbage, wiping counters or tables, handling chemicals, picking up dropped items, etc.) • After caring for or handling animals Correct Method to Wash Hands • Use a designated sink for handwashing • Wet hands and apply soap • Rub hands vigorously making sure to wash palms, back of hands, between fingers and forearms for at least 20 seconds in water of at least 100°F. (If available, use a brush to clean under and around the fingernails) • Rinse hands and forearms thoroughly with running hot water • Turn off water using a paper towel • Dry hands with a single-use paper towel or hand drying device • Do not use a common towel
• Before placing gloves on hands
• After touching human body parts
• After using the restroom, coughing, sneezing, blowing your nose, eating, using tobacco, or drinking
• Before and during food preparation, when switching between raw food and ready-to-eat foods or as often as necessary to remove contamination and to prevent cross-contamination
• After engaging in other activities that contaminate the hands (taking out the garbage, wiping counters or tables, handling chemicals, picking up dropped items, etc.)
• After caring for or handling animals
Correct Method to Wash Hands
• Use a designated sink for handwashing
• Wet hands and apply soap
• Rub hands vigorously making sure to wash palms, back of hands, between fingers and forearms for at least 20 seconds in water of at least 100°F. (If available, use a brush to clean under and around the fingernails)
• Rinse hands and forearms thoroughly with running hot water
• Turn off water using a paper towel
• Dry hands with a single-use paper towel or hand drying device
• Do not use a common towel
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Handwashing and Drying Procedures For Food Employees As Required By 410 IAC 7-24, Section 128 and 129