Contamination
Hand Care
Personal Hygiene Practices
Policies for Reporting
Health Procedures
100
Food contamination refers to the presence in food of harmful chemicals and microorganisms which can cause consumer illness.
What is contamination?
100
It should take you a total about 20 secs to wash your hands
How long should it take to wash your hands?
100
Hair restraints, Clean clothing, aprons, remove all jewlery
What are personal hygiene practices?
100
staff must report illness before they come to work
What are policies for reporting?
100
Make sure your employees know the value of a clean work space and encourage them to keep it clean it's for their own safety.
How can you make your workplace safer?
200
Contamination is how bacteria can spread. It occurs when juices from raw meats or germs from unclean objects touch cooked or ready-to-eat foods. By following a few simple steps as you handle, store, shop and cook foods, you can greatly reduce your risk of food poisoning.
How does contamination happen?
200
Hand care is important because healthcare workers are prone to hand dermatitis. This is mostly due to contact with irritants during frequent hand washing or cleaning using aggressive disinfectants and detergents. The use of surgical gloves may also cause dermatitis in some individuals.
What is hand care?
200
your operation will need a good personal hygiene program
To keep food handlers from contaminating food you need.
200
Each service needs to have policies and procedures to help them guide the actions of all individuals involved in the service. They ensure and endorse the well-being of all families, children, staff, volunteers and everyone who is connected to the service. They provide consistency amongst staff, parents and children.
Why do we need a policy and procedures?
200
so you don't get sick or get other people sick either
Why is it important to have a safe workplace?
300
Types of infection Campylobacter. In the UK, campylobacter bacteria are the most common cause of food poisoning. ... Salmonella. Salmonella bacteria are often found in raw or undercooked meat, raw eggs, milk, and other dairy products. ... Listeria. ... Escherichia coli (E. coli) ... Shigella. ... Viruses. ... Parasites.
What are the main cause of food contamination?
300
wash your hands
What should you do before putting on gloves.
300
The Importance of Good Personal Hygiene. ... Maintaining personal hygiene is necessary for many reasons; personal, social, health, psychological or simply as a way of life. Keeping a good standard of hygiene helps to prevent the development and spread of infections, illnesses and bad odours.
Why is it important to maintain good personal hygiene in the workplace?
300
Workplace policies establish boundaries for acceptable behavior and guidelines for best practices in certain work situations. They offer clear communication to your employees as to how you expect them to act. Policies also contribute to the overall culture of the workplace, because they instill norms and values.
What is the purpose of of policies and procedures in the workplace?
300
In order to maintain a safe work environment, you should consistently search and eliminate workplace hazards. You can do this by conducting routine maintenance and housekeeping measures. Educate employees on identifying hazards and risks and have them report to you if they encounter any.
How do you maintain a safe working environment?
400
1.Do not smoke while preparing food. 2.Handle food with tongs, a spoon or some other utensil which is clean. 3.When sneezing or coughing always cover the face with a tissue or the hands and turn away from the food. ... 4.Avoid preparing food for others if you have diarrhoea.
How do we protect food from contamination?
400
There are no rips or tears in them.
Before putting gloves on you should make sure that?
400
1.Bathe regularly. Wash your body and your hair often. ... 2.Trim your nails. ... 3.Brush and floss. ... 4.Wash your hands. ... 5.Sleep tight.
How to maintain good personal hygiene?
400
The five steps needed to develop and implement a new employer policy are outlined below. Step 1: Identify the Need for a Policy. ... Step 2: Determine Policy Content. ... Step 3: Obtain Stakeholder Support. ... Step 4: Communicate with Employees. ... Step 5: Update and Revise the Policy. ... Express Requests.
How do you implement your workplace policy
400
Safety procedures can help decrease the number of workplace incidents. ... Operational managers are also an important part of enforcing safety procedures. Managers are responsible for reviewing employee actions and making sure company policies provide a safe workplace.
What are the benefits of using procedures in the workplace?
500
The HACCP plan is designed to control all reasonably likely food-safety hazards. Such hazards are categorized into three classes: biological, chemical and physical. Biological hazards include harmful bacteria, viruses or parasites (e.g., salmonella, hepatitis A and trichinella).
What are the three main types of food contamination?
500
Handling raw meat and before handling ready to eat food.
You should change your gloves after?
500
Good personal hygiene is essential to promoting good health. Personal hygiene habits such as washing your hands and brushing and flossing your teeth will help keep bacteria, viruses, and illnesses at bay. And there are mental as well as physical benefits.
What are the rules of personal hygiene?
500
A policy is a guiding principle used to set direction in an organization. A procedure is a series of steps to be followed as a consistent and repetitive approach to accomplish an end result.
What is the different between a policy and procedure?