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Originally Posted by brendanhall
How ever careful washing of the hands is required afterwards...... it not rocket science. Otherwise you can make your self rather ill... anti bacterial hand washes are ace for this!
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while antibacterial hand washes are ok, and better than nothing, running warm water and soap is the gold standard. Not all bugs are killed by the antibacterial handwashes, for example, norovirus isn't killed by alcohol handwash, they are killed by handwashing, assuming you do it correctly.
When I first started my training we did a thing whereby a UV dye was applied to our hands. We then had to wash it off, afterwards we had to put our hands under a UV lamp. It was incredible how much was left. We then put our fingers onto an agar plate. Had some good growths of bacteria going after a few days!!
Correct handwashing techniques cannot be over-emphasised, otherwise it's probably not worth the effort of bothering!
note in particular the finger and thumb pads. these need particular attention, they are one of the more commonly missed areas, but they are the bits in contact with your food (and your bum)!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYwypSLiaTU
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