Guide to Proper Hand Washing

Dear staffs, here are the proper hand washing techniques:

1. First, wet your hands with warm water and apply the cleaning soap or gel provided at the hand washing area.
2. Briskly rub the surface of the fingers and fingertips, front and back of hands, wrist, and forearm for at least 20 seconds.
3. Use a brush provided at the hand washing area to scrub fingernails.
4. After scrubbing, rinse thoroughly with clean and warm water under and around the nails and fingers.
5. Dry hands by using disposable paper towels. Use the same paper towel to turn off the tap.

*Never dry your hands on your apron or towels.

Here is a picture guide to proper hand washing:


We, as food handlers must have moral and legal responsibilty to ensure that our food is free from any forms of contamination and are safe to be consume by our customers. This is also to ensure that our customers have the confidence and trust in us that the food they are consuming is safe and thus, this will increase our sales. Most food borne illnesses outbreak are the results of physical contamination which is due to poor personal hygiene. Simple steps such as washing hands with the proper techniques can help to avoid this. Imagine if one of our customers ate our Chicken Ceaser Salad and had food poisoning. We could face legal charges, hospital fees and the loss of our reputation. Good personal hygiene is not only applicable to our job, it is a way of life which we should pass it down to our younger generation.