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California Employees Must Wash Hands Poster
The Employees Must Wash Hands is a labor law posters poster by the California Department Of Industrial Relations. This is an optional poster, so while it is recommended that you post this if it is relevant to your employees, you are not required to by the Department Of Industrial Relations.
California Department of Public Health hand washing poster to remind workers that "Employees must wash their hands and portions of their arms exposed directly to food".
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Employees must wash their hands and portions
of their arms exposed directly to food
Hand Washing Steps:
3)Scrub backs of hands, wrists,
between fingers and under fingernails
1)
Wet hands with warm water 2)Lather hands with soap for
at least 20 seconds
6)Turn off faucet with
paper towel 4)Rinse hands with warm water 5)Dry hands with single use paper
towels or by use of a forced air
hand drying device
Remember to wash your hands…
Before : Starting work
After: Using the restroom
Sneezing or coughing
Switching between raw Smoking
and ready to eat food Touchi ng body, face or hair
Eating or drinking
Mopping the floor
T aki ng out the garbage
Handling soiled equipment
Handling animals
or utensils
Any other activities that contaminate the hands
California Department
of Public Health - Food and Drug Branch (www.cdph.ca.gov/fdb)
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- Original poster PDF https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CEH/DFDCS/CDPH%20Document%20Library/FDB/FoodSafetyProgram/FoodIndustryTraining/HWS.pdf , updated February 2023
- California Labor Law Posters at http://www.dir.ca.gov/wpnodb.html
- California Department Of Industrial Relations
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