Week 7

Observe Catering Health and Safety Practices

 Personal Hygiene
 Practice Food Safety sanitation and Hygiene
 Objectives:
 To understand the need for good personal hygiene.
 To Learn the Grooming Standard in the field of
Hospitality Industry.
 To improve the food safety knowledge of the food
handler
 Motivate food handlers to apply the learning in the work
place.
Personal Hygiene
What is Personal Hygiene?

Personal Hygiene may be described as the principle

of maintaining cleanliness and grooming of the external
body. People have been aware of importance of
hygiene for thousands of years.
Importance of Hygiene
 Body Image: body image influences self esteem, confidence
and motivation.
 Social reasons: by ensuring that our body is clean and well
presented, we are more assured of projecting a positive body
image that reflects our personality.
 Health reasons: poor hygiene can lead to poor health. If you
have cut yourself the wound should be cleaned and dressed
suitably this can help reduce the risk of infection and pain.
 Psychological issues: by being well presented, clean and tidy
people feel more confident especially in social situations.
Areas to Maintain Hygiene

1. HAIR HYGIENE

Dirty head hairs does not actually cause many health problems.
It’s mostly for appearance factor that keeping hair clean is a good
idea.

Tips:
 Wash hair every alternate days.
 For dandruff problem try anti dandruff shampoo
 Oiling hair before shower prevent dryness.
2. TEETH AND MOUTH

A beautiful smile can make a person’s day but if teeth are

grubby or breath is smelly, it has an entirely different results.

Tips:
 Drink plenty of water.
 Brush your teeth twice daily with a decent toothbrush.
 A fluoride based toothpaste and an antibacterial mouthwash.
 Avoid drinks such as tea, coffee and red wine which are
thought to stain them.
 Visit your dentist regularly to keep a check on gum infection
or any dental problems.
3. FOOT HYGIENE

The feet contains lots of sweat glands. If feet are confined in

socks and shoes the sweat gland has nowhere to evaporate and the
skin bacteria will in effect attack to causing the pungent aroma.

Tips:
 wash the feet regularly and dry thoroughly with a soft towel
and an anti bacterial foot powder.
 Allow feet to air when feasible and wear open shoes as much
as possible.
 Change socks more than once a day if needed and make sure
they are cotton or other breathable fabric.
4. BODY WASH AND HAND WASHING

A regular bath helps in keeping clean, fresh and odor free.

Tips:
 Bathing helps to rejuvenate the skin removing the dead cells
and prevent acne, blemishes and other skin eruptions.
 Make a personal towel and wash them regularly.
 Make a proper habit of hand washing before and after eating.
5. NAIL HYGIENE

Keeping finger and toe nails trimmed and in good shape

will prevent problems such as hand nails and infected nails.

Tips:
 Trim the nail weekly and brush them daily with soap so
that no dirt or residue remains beneath the nail.
 Moisture nails and cuticles regularly.
 place the finger inside warm water with salt to make them
strong.
6. SKIN HYGIENE

Even our skin needs to breathe fresh air.

Tips:
 drink plenty of water 8-10 cups a day.
 get plenty of rest 6-8 hours at night so that you are fresh and are
ready to take on the day every morning.
 Wash the face with face wash gel twice daily mainly at night to
prevent break outs and pimples.
 Make a schedule for one fruit a day for healthy and glowing
skin.
 Use sun block of SPF 30 to prevent tanning and opening of skin
pores.