Executive Summary: The 12 questions, delivered in three short survey segments, were designed to raise awareness of some unaddressed sub-issues remaining from the 2012 Conference For Food Protection’s Hand Hygiene Committee, charged with identifying alternate handwashing protocols. This qualitative study was independent of the CFP process but conducted in a timeframe to capture and maintain […]
Result Summary for Survey: Hand Hygiene Pre-Committee, Survey #3
This final segment concludes our independent survey, gathering perspectives for consideration by the 2014 CFP Hand Hygiene Committee which will be announced following this month’s CFP board meeting. Thank you for your responses. Here are the results: Hand Hygiene Pre-Committee, Survey #3 A two-step wash-sanitize protocol has been approved by the U.S. Military, the Southern […]
Pathogens on the Prowl
Clean-as-you-go is the answer to TouchReady® Surfaces Daily destruction of potential germ harbors has been the general protocol when attacking a restaurant’s high-touch surfaces. Scheduled cleaning is an important component but deep cleaning once a shift or day allows bacteria and virus to flourish up to 24 hours. Considering the low infectious dose of norovirus […]
Result Summary for Survey: Hand Hygiene Pre-Committee
Hand Hygiene Pre-Committee A special thanks to the 81 who responded. Please review round one results below. We have 8 remaining questions available to help the CFP Hand Hygiene Committee before its re-formation in August. Round two will be sent out in early June. Please send your candidate questions. There is a definite response pattern […]
Handsinks & Cantaloupes: Bringing The Farm To The Fork
If anyone ever questioned why the Handwashing Only directive is important for specified kitchen handsinks, consider this “poster child” example. This restaurant is blessed with a handsink perfectly located at the entrance to the prep area. Wait staff pass by it to pick up nearly every order and bussers file by on their trips to […]
Air Dryers Fail Critical Hand Hygiene Tests
Hand drying is a misnomer. The friction added by using a paper towel is a significant part of the “handwash”. Using air dryers of any type, can leave a high level of suspended contaminants in place. The shorter the scrub step, the more important it is to use paper towels. This is especially true in […]
Day One Handwashing: Motivating New Employee Behaviors
At a food safety meeting in Las Vegas a few years ago, Frank Yiannis, Wal-Mart’s VP of Food Safety, recounted his 19 year stint with Disney, asking the audience “What do you remember most in your career path?” His answer? Day one of the new job, that immersion into the new culture. Handwashing For Life’s […]
Seven Savers for Earth Day
Wash your hands. That’s our simple summary to celebrate Earth Day. Poor hand hygiene is likely the single largest contributing factor to diarrhea in North America. If we want to talk about waste, let’s start with diarrhea’s dire damper on productivity and resource losses starting with water and toilet paper. One missed handwash can ignite […]
No-Water Hand Cleansing Grows
SaniTwice® out-performs soap & water handwash … again These three recent quotes from an operator, an industry-leading food safety auditor and a passionate advocate serve as a SaniTwice update following presentations at recent meetings: As foodservice moves closer to the action and further from the kitchen, SaniTwice is the answer. Food & Beverage Manager Regulators […]
H1N1/Swine Flu: Handwashing, Hand Cleansing, Hand Sanitizing & …
Keeping clean hands clean with a documented surface cleanliness system. H1N1 has moved quickly around the world earning the designation of pandemic. Clean hands are once again the primary protection as North America braces for outbreaks in schools and the many away-from-home environments. An effective defense against H1N1 starts with an assessment of your facility […]
