K2H24 Hygiene Practices
K2H24 – Good hygiene practice: avoiding of cross infection, disposal of waste, food handling, handling body fluids, issues concerning spread of HIV and AIDS virus and hepatitis.
Good hygiene practice:-
- Always wash hands after using the toilet, changing nappies, handling animals or handling rubbish.
- Always wash hands before handling or eating food, do not share food and drinks or eating utensils.
Ensure that all children use soap, water and dry with a clean towel or a hand dryer.
Disposal of nappies, food and other soiled items:-
- Dispose of food waste and other refuse in covered lined bins. Ensure all spillages are wiped up immediately.
- Ensure all bins are clear and clean, disinfected daily and removed from the premises.
- Keep all refuse bins covered at all times.
- Please keep all recycled refuse in separate and allocated bins as per council’s recycling requirements.
- All used nappies are bagged and sealed and put into the refuse bin straight away.
Stop injections; ensure that all coughs, sneezes or blow noses are into a tissue and that the tissue is disposed off correctly into a bin or flushed down the toilet. Wash hands immediately after use.
Cuts and grazes; ensure that all adults/first aiders wear protective clothing (gloves). Ensure all cuts and grazes are clean and have appropriate dressings.
Food Hygiene;
- Ensure all food is obtained from licensed sources.
- Cover all food property to stop the risk of contamination (never use food or drink that has any risk of being contaminated.)
- Do not use cracked or chipped crockery as germs may harbour within the cracks.
- Use separate knives and chopping boards for raw and cooked foods to prevent contamination.
- Do not handle food with bare hands, wear hairnet if necessary.
- Wash hands before and after handling food, or after using the toilet, sneezing or coughing.
- Avoid touching your nose, mouth, hair or eyes when handling food.
- Avoid coughing and sneezing.
- Disinfect and clean preparation area and dining area.
- Ensure food storage is correct, store cooked food away from uncooked, i.e. raw food stored at the bottom of the fridge. Check that the fridge is at the correct temperature 03 centigrade.
Handling Animals;
- Ensure children wash hands after handling any animal.
- Do not let the animal lick their faces.
- Keep outside of the premises clean and clear of food scraps to limit the entering of wild animals.
- Check and clean outside area daily of animal faeces.
- Check areas where food refuse is stored for evidence of pest infestations, such as rodent droppings, cockroaches or stagnant water.
- Ensure all outside sandpits are covered daily to stop contamination.
Cleaning and maintenance;
- Clean and disinfect daily surfaces which have encounter more human contact i.e. door handles, staircase railings, tabletops and common areas.
- Clean and disinfect communal toys.
- Ensure all rooms are well ventilated.
- Clean and disinfect all cleaning materials immediately after use.
- Ensure correct equipment and procedures are used in conjunction with the Health and safety policy.
- Ensure correct mops are used to dispose of body fluids. i.e. red mop for toilets and green for all other areas.
Following good hygiene practices will minimise the risk of infection from HIV or Hepatitis. Persons can only become infected be direct contact with blood or bodily fluids through an open wound.
