Samuel Coleman

On May 25th, 2023, I embarked on community service at one of the canteens at the University of Education, Winneba. The service was targeted at educating the cooks on “Hand Hygiene at the Canteen” as a step in promoting the health of their customers (students and other members of the university who buy from them).

The following subtitles were considered:

1. Steps to washing hands properly.

2. a. When to wash hands with emphasis on the unusual activities that call for hand washing because almost everyone knows the usual activities.b. Unusual activities such as before and after you; cleaning and treating a cut, burn, or wound in the canteen kitchen, taking medications, touching phone or other mobile device, going to the grocery and after you; handling money or receipts, touching animals( their feed or waste), cough, sneeze, cough or blow your nose.

3. What to do in the absence of soap and water.

4. Tips to keep skin healthy while washing hands often.

5. Using paper towels for cleaning wet hands after washing instead of air dryers to stop virus spread.

6.  Avoidance of expired hand sanitizers.

7. Hand sanitizer and hand washing, which one is better and why.

8. Importance of hand washing.

Questions Asked:

1. Does how much time you spend washing hands makes a difference?

2. Do you wash longer if you’re cooking?

3. Do you wash your hands in hot or cold water with the aim that hot water kills germs than cold water?

4. What kind of soap works best?The questions were answered well to their understanding.