494. Gloves Without Handwashing

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from wearing gloves without washing your hands first.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Glove Barriers to Bacterial Cross-Contamination between Hands to Food - ScienceDirect
• Evaluation of glove type on survival and transfer of Escherichia coli in model systems and during hand harvesting of lettuce - Zhao - 2021 - JSFA reports - Wiley Online Library
• Scientific Evidence Supports the Use of Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers as an Effective Alternative to Hand Washing in Retail Food and Food Service Settings When Heavy Soiling Is Not Present on Hands - ScienceDirect
• FDA Food Code | FDA
• Hand Washing & Glove Use for Food Workers - Questions and Answers
• Money and transmission of bacteria | Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control | Full Text
• Merlin Mann coined, or at least heavily uses the phrase "turns out journalism" w... | Hacker News

439. Gloves

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using non-sterile gloves in foodservice.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Study finds half of new disposable gloves carry microbes from poo | Stuff.co.nz
• Researchgate Barry-Michaels/Metagenomic-Analysis-of-the-Microbiome-Associated-with-Single-Use-Glove-Manufacturing.pdf
• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Barry-Michaels/publication/334684419_Viability-Linked_Metagenomic_Analysis_of_the_Disposable_Glove_Microbiome/links/5d3a10c892851cd04686b6a1/Viability-Linked-Metagenomic-Analysis-of-the-Disposable-Glove-Microbiome.pdf
• Validation of the Single-Use Glove Microbiome Shotgun WGS Metagenomic Analysis
• Comparative Pathogenomics of Escherichia coli: Polyvalent Vaccine Target Identification through Virulome Analysis | Infection and Immunity