1.1.6 Flashcards
What is standard 1.1.6? What is the objective?
Hand washing stations. The objective is to ensure that all hand washing stations are appropriately located and identified with an appropriate sign, and always accessible, clean, fully functional, and well equipped with water, soap and either single use towels or fully functional hand drying device. Food provider must ensure that hand washing stations are only used for handwashing.
Where should hand washing station be located?
at each major point of entry in FPA, receiving areas, and dispatch areas. They should be easily accessible to all food handling employees.
How should hand washing stations be identified?
either a written or pictorial sign. If written it should be in a language understood by employees.
A handwashing station is obstructed in the food handling areas, this represents a ______
caution
What should handwashing stations be equipped with?
running water, soap, sufficient supply of single use towels.
Observing alcohol gel near handwashing station but no soap or towels represents a ____
caution
Employee is observed to simply use alcohol gel instead of washing hands, this represents a____
non-comformity
if you observe signs of other activities than handwashing in a handwashing sink then this is considered a ___
a 1e warning
If you see a handwashing sink being used for other activities other than handwashing, this represents a…
non-comformity
Give 3 examples of questions/spot checks you could ask/do to asess standard 1.1.6
- Where are your hand washing stations located (answer should be at each major point of entry into FPA’s, receiving areas and dispatch areas)
- Are hand washing sinks, soap, alcohol gel dispensers and hand drying devices clean on the day of audit
- Are hand washing stations used for rinsing utensils between use of different food items?
