Clean Hands: Real Time Surface Readings to Protect The Ready-To-Serve Hand®

Rapid measurement technology now reads hand cleanliness in real time.

Setting a standard for hand cleanliness is important in spite of the lack of agreed industry standards. You can either wait for the science or apply your own standard based on common sense. Advancements in ATP bioluminescence technology allow you to optimize and verify your handwashing protocol and monitor those priority hand-contaminating surfaces.

Easy and rapid read-out results also provide a valuable, high impact feedback for the worker. Corrective actions can be taken immediately. Let workers see the importance of hand washing, see the result of their current hand washing techniques and practice until they consistently meet your established standard.

This technology is also useful to optimize glove changing and to demonstrate to food handlers why gloves must be changed frequently.

While ATP bioluminenescence was initially developed for the monitoring of hard surface cleanliness, its secondary benefits in hand hygiene may be even greater. By making this a visual experience, food worker's better understand the need to wash. They can also witness the reality of cross-contamination.

Best Practice. Build ATP testing into your periodic Quality Assurance protocols. Use this data to help bring hand hygiene into the realm of HAACP.

Consider using daily in the high risk task areas and weekly with a random check of workers.

Assessment of ATP Monitoring in Foodservice.

What is ATP bioluminescence? Where does it fit in restaurants? This presentation was given by Dr. Paul Allwood at the 2007 meeting of NEHA in Atlantic City, New Jersey. >View PPT here or at end of page.

Hand Washing Quality in Real Time Checklist:

• Select supplier with established food industry credibility.

• Programmable Pass/Fail thresholds are a must.

• Hardware/Reagent system requires accuracy, speed and ease of use.

• A four week shelf life is important for food service applications.

• Select supplier that offers easy access to technical service.

• Visit The Personal Touch Program (under development).

Leadership Companies:

Biotrace provides Food, Beverage and Environmental customers with a range of high quality, innovative products and services that reduce the time to result or provide convenience for environmental monitoring, quality control and quality assurance testing.

By concentrating on innovation, simplicity and speed, Biotrace International is committed to setting new standards of excellence and customer satisfaction.

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