Now wash your hands!!

At Home	Food Handlers at work
After going to the toilet	Before starting work
Before preparing any food	Before touching raw food or high risk food
Before and after handling raw food	Between handling raw and cooked foods
Before eating	After handling raw food
After coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose	After going to the toilet
After handling any pets or animals including cleaning out cages and fish tanks	After handling raw eggs in their shell
Handling refuse	After coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose
Working in the garden	After touching your hair or face
If they look or feel dirty	After emptying refuse bins
	After cleaning or touching chemicals
	After eating drinking or smoking

How to wash your hands

• Always use warm water.
• It is better to wet hands before applying soap as this prevents irritation.
• Apply soap. Liquid soap is preferable as a bar of soap may carry bacteria left by previous users.
• Rub hands together vigorously for about 15 seconds, making sure both sides of the hands are washed thoroughly, around the thumbs, between each finger and around and under the nails, using a clean nail brush.
• Then, rinse with clean warm water.
• Germs spread more easily if hands are wet so it important to dry them thoroughly. Use a clean dry towel, paper towel or air dryer. Paper towels are best. Never dry your hands on a tea towel or your clothing.