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How to Combat Cross-Contamination from Hands & Surfaces


Avoiding cross-contamination requires proactive measures, not reactive ones. After all, an outbreak can cause customers and employees to become seriously ill, while permanently damaging a business’ reputation – and the bottom line.

Cross-contamination is a complex subject and it extends beyond the basics of keeping foods apart. But, like with those unseen germs themselves, it may not always be apparent exactly where knowledge gaps remain and what questions need answering to build a more holistic understanding of this topic.

Thought Starters

What are the commonly used sanitation techniques that have major risks of causing cross-contamination? Or how does hand hygiene fit into your food safety program? Is cleaning with a red bucket and reusable cloth really that bad? Are there surfaces beyond the obvious food prep ones that need special attention? And what are the key components essential to creating a robust program centered around hands and surfaces?

A 3-Part Learning Series

In our 'How to Combat Cross-Contamination from Hands & Surfaces" series, participants will get the answer to these questions and more. It’s part of our PURELL Food Safety – Table Talks program, engaging discussions between Food Safety experts, with rich insights and actionable learnings that can’t be found anywhere else. Whether you’re a seasoned Foodservice veteran, a newly minted leader, or someone else in the space, there will be plenty of new lessons to take away, or worthwhile reinforcements and updates of previous understandings to be had, from these dynamic conversations on cross-contamination.

Which leads to one last question – what are you waiting for?

Completing a free registration at any time will give you access to all 3 of this course’s exclusive 45-60 minutes sessions as soon as they become available.

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Session 3 – On the Surface? Deep Links Between Cross-Contamination and Surfaces, with James Marsden, Ph.D., Chipotle’s former Executive Director of Food Safety, and current CEO of Food Safety Systems, LLC., and Hal King, Ph.D., Chik-Fil-A's former Director of Food and Product Safety, and current President and CEO of Public Health Innovations

On surfaces, when it comes to kill time, efficacy, and safety, do sacrifices need to be made? And can dangerous chemicals be avoided at the same time? Who says you can’t have it all? In this session, our experts will discuss how surfaces can be a problem in a retail foodservice establishments. Additionally, they’ll share just how to minimize the risks of cross contaminating surfaces with foodborne pathogens, and also take a look at problem areas and hot spots, like deli slicers, ice machines, restrooms, and the pathogens being brought in by guests and customers.

What Else is in Store?

The featured course is just one in a full series of three. Register once and you’ll also receive immediate access the first two of these 45-60 min sessions directly to your inbox.

 

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Session 1 – Hand in Hand? Relationship Between Hand Hygiene and Cross-Contamination, with Donald Schaffner, Ph.D. Extension Specialist in Food Science and Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University, and James Arbogast, Ph.D. Hygiene Sciences and Public Health Advancements Vice President at GOJO Industries

What role does hand hygiene play in combatting pathogen transmission and cross-contamination? In the kick-off session, our experts discuss the reasons hand hygiene matters in the ongoing fight against foodborne illness, sharing the various factors that need consideration in order keep a high standard of hand hygiene in an establishment, and they’ll also lend a helping hand by breaking down exactly what the Food Code says, and doesn’t, about hand hygiene.

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Session 2 – Red Alert? Cross-Contamination Risks Associated with the Red Bucket, with Lee-Ann Jaykus, Ph.D., William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor, North Carolina State University, and Ben Chapman, Ph.D., Professor and Extension Specialist, North Carolina State University

It may not be glamorous, but there’s nothing wrong with cleaning using elbow grease and a good old-fashioned rag and red bucket, right? Well, not unless you want to avoid cross-contamination and pathogen outbreaks, that is. In this session, our experts will discuss the viruses and allergens associated with the “red bucket,” the germs, and negative impressions, this method of cleaning is leaving behind with your customers, and alternative science-backed approaches that can buck that bucket, and all the dangers that come with it, once and for all.

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