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Dirty Hands in the Restaurant Kitchen: Fact or Fiction?
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Dirty Hands in the Restaurant Kitchen: Fact or Fiction?

Amanda J Henderson, Michael Kitts, Graham Challender and S Henderson
Proceedings of the 2008 Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education, pp.269-272
Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE): Tourism and Hospitality Research, Training and Practice; "Where the 'Bloody Hell' Are We?", 2008 (Gold Coast, Australia, 11-Feb-2008–14-Feb-2008)
Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education
2008
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Abstract

Commercial Services food-borne illnesses and diseases food service industry hand hygiene
Good hand hygiene is a simple practice that helps combat the transmission of food-borne illnesses and diseases in the food service industry. However, despite the acknowledged benefits and investments in training, lack of compliance with established standards and protocols by food service industry workers continues to contribute towards a significant industry-wide problem and cost (Guzerwich & Ross, 1999; Collin, 1997). This paper reports on an observation study of trainees in a restaurant kitchen on hand hygiene guideline compliance. The observation checklist described is based on the National Food Service Management Institute (2005) Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for hand washing and the World Health Organisation (WHO, 2005) hand hygiene guidelines. The primary outcome of this data will be to determine if and how violations of the hand hygiene guidelines occur.

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