NYANGABWE HOSPITAL EVENT

Introduction

The writer was focusing more on personal hygiene at the event which was held at Nyangabwe hospital when Hospitality students from Botswana Accountancy College were cooking food for patients. A food handler is someone who works for a food commercial and handles food or surfaces that are likely to come into contact with food, such as cutlery, plates, bowls, or chopping boards. They spread bacteria causing illness and they are the major source of food contamination. Their hands, breath, hair, and sweat contaminate food, as can their reckless coughs and sneezes, which can spread bacteria. (Department of Health, 2014)

 World Health Organisation (2006) states that in the food industry it is important to discuss personal hygiene; the discussion should include topics like wearing gloves, trimming your fingernails and wearing clean cloths. The head of the kitchen at the Nyangabwe hospital had a discussion with all the students who went to help with the event. Brief them about personal and food hygiene in their kitchen. They were given disposable chefs hurt to put on before entering the kitchen. 

Management must establish a protocol to ensure hygienic practices by employees. They should set an example for employees by their own high levels of hygiene and good health while passing on the importance of these practices to the employees. Management should encourage employees to have a pre-employment physical examination to confirm that they are in good physical, mental, and emotional health. (Marriott & Gravani 2006). All the kitchen staff at Nyangabwe hospital has food handler’s certificates together with the students who went there to help.