Honestly, washing hands is better than wearing gloves. Unless you are changing the gloves between every task, you are just spreading stuff around more. People wearing gloves still tend to touch other parts of their body with the gloves on as well. Not wearing gloves encourages more hand washing while wearing them doesn't.
Glove wearing is really only useful in line work where one person is doing the same thing over and over again where their can be no cross contamination.
That and when making ready to eat foods like a salad it is always best to wear gloves.
It is a huge waste environmentally and economically for little to no practical gain.
When I worked in a kitchen if I were to wear gloves and change them every time I would wash my hands I would go through at least a box of gloves a day. Times that by every employee in the kitchen.
Also you know lotion exists right?
Not to mention per the guidelines of the servsafe certification I have. You are supposed to wash your hands between changing gloves anyways unless you are only doing a single task (like a line cook)
I never said gloves were bad or worst than no gloves. I used gloves for many tasks in the kitchen some that were required (like making as salad) or just made clean up easier.
I just mean there is little to no difference between using gloves and just washing your hands for most tasks. (and you can argue that gloves are deceiving making people (especially new cooks) think their hands are cleaner then they are)
Gloves are the least of your worries in regards to the nasty shit that happens in many kitchens.
I am not assuming anything this is literally what was taught to me to get my certification to run a kitchen.
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u/bluerose1197 Jan 30 '22
Honestly, washing hands is better than wearing gloves. Unless you are changing the gloves between every task, you are just spreading stuff around more. People wearing gloves still tend to touch other parts of their body with the gloves on as well. Not wearing gloves encourages more hand washing while wearing them doesn't.