Standard Operating Procedures
Washing Hands and Personal Hygiene
KPNW Policy Manual: Infection Prevention and Control
Food and Nutrition Services Policy Manual: Food Safety; Grooming and Personal Hygiene
FDA 2013 Food Code 2-301.12; 2-301.14; 2-301.15
Policy: All Food and Nutrition employees must follow the proper hand washing procedure and personal hygiene to ensure the safety of foods serve to the patients or customers to prevent food borne illness. Scope: All Food and Nutrition Services employees.
A. Hand Washing
1. All new employees will receive training regarding the proper hand washing and review this procedure as needed.
2. Hand Washing Procedures:
a. Stand near sink, but avoid touching it as the sink itself may be a source
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Rub hands vigorously together causing friction to clean between fingers, around and under fingernails, the back of the hands, wrists, and palms for 15-20 seconds.
e. Rinse hands well under running water.
f. Dry hands with paper towel.
g. Use paper towel to turn off faucet if there is not a foot or knee control to prevent recontamination your hands.
h. Use hand sanitizers only after hands have been properly washed and dried. And only hand sanitizers that comply with the 2013 FDA Food can be used.
3. When to wash:
a. Before starting work.
b. During food preparation.
c. When moving from one food preparation area to another.
d. Before putting on or changing gloves.
e. After using the toilet.
f. After sneezing, coughing, or using a handkerchief or tissue.
g. After touching hair, face, or body.
h. After smoking, eating, drinking, or chewing gum or tobacco.
i. After handling raw meats, poultry, or fish.
j. After any clean up activity such as sweeping, mopping, or wiping counters.
k. After touching dirty dishes, equipment, or utensils.
l. After returning from lunch or breaks.
m. After returning to the kitchen from patient floors.
n. After handling trash.
o. After handling money.
p. After any time the hands may become
Washing your hands properly with soap is one of the most important things you can do to reduce the number of germs, or infections you can spread. The issue that needs to be addressed, is how can we promote good hand washing habits efficiently, to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. For this reason, Kohler will be introducing the “Hygieia” in Q3 of 2016. The Hygieia is a hands free motion detecting sink that dispenses water, and soap simultaneously.
• Wash your hands thoroughly before and after preparing food and after using the bathroom. Make sure people who live with you wash their hands often too. If soap and water are not available, use hand sanitizer.
According to CDC policy if the patient before Jean Deere did not have a diagnosis with the possibility of disease transmission, the proper method of hand sanitization would be alcohol based hand rub.
I think that knowing these regulations and having them in my work place could help me progress as a professional because it will allow me that comfortably of not being afraid to shake someone’s hand before and after we meet. I also would not feel like a germ freak or anything of that nature knowing that everyone is following the same procedures. It’s very important to make sure that these regulations are being followed in our own work places to prevent any hazardous situations from taking place.
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Obviously soap and warm water for 20 seconds or hand sanitizer. I will admit I was one of those that didn’t classify “handwashing” as using hand sanitizer, to me washing is soap and water, but it is considered washing and sometimes much more convenient than to be at a sink. But with all that in mind, we also need to remember when it is appropriate to use hand sanitizer. Alcohol based sanitizer kills most of the bad germs, but it does not kill C. difficile, a common healthcare-associated infection that causes diarrhea (CDC, May 5, 2017). If you are caring for a patient with this illness, then you must wash your hands with the real soap and water, no shortcuts! As well as when our hands are visibly soiled. Who wants to walk around with dirty hands anyway? In 2009, Cambridge University did a study correlating on compliance and no compliance with handwashing hygiene and guidelines in hospital care. There were 96 empirical studies, most of which were done in ICU units. They found and overall compliance of 40%. Unadjusted compliance rates were lower in intensive care units (30%-40%0, than in other settings (50%-60%), lower among physicians (32%) than among nurses and before (21%) rather than after (47%) patient contact. The majority of the time, the situations that were associated with low compliance rates were those with a high activity level/or those in which the physician was involved. The majority of the time, the situations that were associated with a higher compliance rate were those having to do with dirty tasks, the introduction of alcohol-based hand rub or gel, performance feedback and accessibility of materials (Cambridge, March
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines hand hygiene as, “a general term that applies to routine hand washing, antiseptic hand wash, antiseptic hand rub, or surgical hand antisepsis.” (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2013) The idea of hand washing has been around for centuries. In the mid-1800’s Ignaz Semmelweis established that hospital-acquired diseases were transmitted via the hands of health care workers. After Semmelweis observed physicians and health care workers in the obstetric setting and studied mortality rates he recommended that hands be scrubbed in a chlorinated lime solution before coming in contact with every patient. Following the implementation of Semmelweis’s recommendation mortality rates associated with childbirth fell from seven percent to three percent. Although Semmelweis observation and recommendations were significant fellow physicians and colleagues did not adopt them. The 1980’s posed as a crucial time for health care in the sense of hand hygiene. This was when the first national hand hygiene guidelines were published in the 1980s. In 1995 and 1996, the CDC/Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) in the USA suggested that either antimicrobial soap or a waterless antiseptic agent be use...
The focus of health care is and has always been, practicing good hygiene, living a healthy lifestyle, and having a positive attitude reduces the chance of getting ill. Although there is not much prevention we can take for some of the diseases but we can certainly practice good hand hygiene to prevent infection and its ill effects. Research proves that hand washing is surely the most easy and effective way to prevent infection in health care. The question for this research: Is Hand washing an effective way to prevent infection in health care? It led to the conclusion that due to the high acuity, high patient: staff ratio, and lack of re evaluation certain units in the health care facilities cannot adhere to correct hand washing guidelines. Hand
Fox, C., Wavra, T., Drake, D. A., Mulligan, D., Jones, L., Bennett, Y. P., & ... Bader, M. K. (2015). USE OF A PATIENT HAND HYGIENE PROTOCOL TO REDUCE HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS AND IMPROVE NURSES ' HAND WASHING. American Journal Of Critical Care, 24(3), 216-224 9p. doi:10.4037/ajcc2015898
In addition to vaccinating all employees, you should also promote good hygiene in the workplace, primarily by organizing comprehensive hand-washing campaigns. The importance of regular hand-washing cannot be overemphasized. Where sinks are unavailable, provide hand sanitizer wipes. Also, make sure all public spaces and communal areas are cleaned regularly.
“Researchers in London estimate that if everyone routinely washed their hands, a million deaths a year could be prevented” (“Hygiene Fast Facts”, 2013, p. 1). Hands are the number one mode of transmission of pathogens. Hands are also vital in patient interaction, and therefore should be kept clean to protect the safety of patients and the person caring for the patient. Hand hygiene is imperative to professional nursing practice because it prevents the spread of pathogens, decreases chances of hospital-acquired infections, and promotes patient safety. There is a substantial amount of evidence that shows why hand hygiene is important in healthcare
3. Pre-turn your cycle setting to the right setting. (Permanent press, delicates, or normal are the most common settings.)
Rinse off the soap using clean water. In the event that you are not using running water from the tap, fetch another bucket/bowl of clean water to wash your hands with.
4. Turn the sink on and rinse your cloth. Swish water around to remove any remaining cleaner and grime from the sink.
But just remember that if you wear rubber gloves to clean the toilet, take them off and clean your hands before cleaning any other part of the bathroom.