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Lester Schonberger, Associate Extension Specialist, Department of Food Science and Technology, Virginia Tech; and Laura K. Strawn, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Department ofFood Science and Technology, Virginia Tech  \nVolunteers play a crucial role in hunger relief organizations. They assist with receiving orders, handling the foods, storing, and distributing the foods. Since volunteers might be involved in direct food contact, they are a key aspect of ensuring food safety practices in these organizations (De Boeck et al. 2017; Guinee 2023; Harvey 2019; Landers 2020; Makhunga et al. 2018) .  \nEnsuring volunteer health and hygiene can reduce food safety risks in hunger relief organizations. This is because human can be a source of food safety hazards.  \nSome common examples of improper health and hygiene practices observed among volunteers in hunger relief organizations include:  \n• Improper handwashing  \n• Improper use of chemical sanitizers on food contact surface  \n• Wearing dirty or torn clothing while working with food  \n• Touching face, hair, or other parts of the body while handling food  \n• Sneezing or coughing directly to exposed food  \n• Eating and drinking while working with food  \n• Failing to cover open wounds or cuts with bandages and gloves  \nThis fact sheet provides recommended (not required) practices for hunger relief organizations on personal health and hygiene.  \nRecommended Practices for Volunteer Health  \nVolunteers should report to their supervisors if they are diagnosed with foodborne illness or have any of the following symptoms:  \n• Vomiting  \n• Diarrhea  \n• Jaundice (Yellowing of skins and eyes)  \n• Sore throat with a fever  \nSupervisors should instruct sick volunteers to stay home.  \nFigure 1. A man who appears to be ill (CDC Public Health Image Library 2016)  \nRecommended Practices for Volunteer Hygiene  \nHand Hygiene  \nHandwashing Facilities  \nHandwashing sinks should only be used for handwashing.  \nYou should NOT do the following:  \n• Wash your hands in three-compartment dish sink  \n• Dump dirty water into the handwashing sink  \n• Wash foods in the handwashing sink  \n• Wash utensils and tools in the handwashing sink  \n• Stack food, equipment, or supplies in or in front of handwashing sinks.  \nSupervisors should make sure that the handwashing facilities are stocked. A stocked handwashing facility should have:  \n• Hot and cold running water  \n• Soap  \n• Single-use paper towels or hand dryer  \n• Garbage container  \n• Handwashing signage (Figure 2)  \nVolunteers should let supervisors know if these items are not stocked.  \nHow to Wash Hands?  \nVolunteer should properly wash their hands. Proper handwashing steps include:  \n• Wet the hands with warm running water  \n• Apply enough soaps to build up a good lather  \n• Scrub the hands and arms rigorously for at least  \n20 seconds  \n• Don’t forget to clean fingertips, fingernails, and between the fingers  \n• Rinse the hands thoroughly under warm running water  \n• Dry the hands with single-used paper towel or hand dryer.  \n• NEVER use apron or any part of clothing to dry the hands  \n• Use a paper towel to turn off the faucet and to open the restroom door once the hands are cleaned  \nFigure 2. A simple poster showing the proper way to wash hands (Boyer 2020)  \nWhen to Wash Hands?  \nWashing hands properly is critical, and once they are cleaned it is easy to contaminate them again.  \nVolunteers should know when to wash hands.  \nHandwashing should be required for volunteers:  \n• Before starting to work  \n• Before putting on gloves at the start of a new task  \n• After using the restrooms  \n• After touching face, hair, body  \n• After touching apron, clothing  \n• Before and after touching raw meat, poultry, or seafood  \n• After sneezing or coughing  \n• Af","cbCaiao5SXHJg9ES","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiao5SXHJg9ES","pdf",470156,"English","# Volunteer Health\n## Reporting illness and staying home\n# Volunteer Hygiene\n## Hand Hygiene\n### Handwashing facilities\n### How to wash hands\n### When to wash hands\n### Hand sanitizers\n## Using gloves for food handling\n## Other hand hygiene practices\n# Clothing and contamination prevention","[{\"question\":\"Why is volunteer health and hygiene important in hunger relief organizations?\",\"answer\":\"Volunteers can be a source of food safety hazards because human health and hygiene can contribute pathogens. 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