Why Twenty Seconds Matters
Explain why soap, friction, time, rinsing, and drying all matter in kitchen handwashing.
The reframe: a four-second rinse is a wet hand, not a clean hand. The Mechanism Soap loosens oils and soil. Friction moves the soap over the surfaces that touch food and tools. Twenty seconds gives you enough time to cover palms, backs, fingers, thumbs, and nails. Rinsing removes what you loosened. Drying prevents wet hands from carrying contamination back to handles, gloves, or food. The Trigger Rule The best technique fails if used at the wrong time. In kitchens, handwashing is required around food preparation and after contacts likely to spread germs: raw animal foods, eggs, garbage, bathroom use, coughing,…
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