Gloves

• Handling money – money, especially coins, can carry lots of bacteria. One way to avoid contaminating food is to use disposable gloves, which are changed every time you take a customer’s money.
• Handling garbage – wear gloves, remove the garbage and line cleaned bin, remove gloves and wash hands.
• Handling contaminated linen – process the linen based on enterprise policy and then remove gloves and wash hands.
• Working in front of the public preparing food items such as sandwiches or cutting roasts as it provides a clean image and can act as a heat barrier.
• Suffering any cuts as the bandaged finger is protected even further and prevents any bacterial contamination.

Disadvantages of Gloves

• Regular changing of gloves can add considerable cost to food preparation.
• Gloves can provide a false sense of security as you may not change them as often as washing your hands.
• Cause skin infection as the skin cannot breathe and dermatitis could be exaggerated.
• They add to non-recyclable waste.

Discussion

Can you think of any other disadvantages?