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Hand Washing:

• Wash your hands for 20 seconds with hot, soapy water (for kids' hands, use warm, soapy water instead). Thoroughly scrub hands, wrists, fingernails, and between fingers.

• Wash hands before and after you prepare food and especially after preparing raw meat, poultry, eggs, and seafood.

• Wash hands after using the bathroom, changing diapers, handling pets, or when-ever you have touched something that may be contaminated.

• Rinse and dry hands with a clean towel or consider using durable, disposable paper towels for drying hands, so germs are thrown away.

 
FAQ:  One of the food safety rules is to wash hands in hot, soapy water.
Does hot water kill bacteria?
Hot water that is comfortable for washing hands is not hot enough to kill bacteria. The body oils on your hands hold soils and bacteria, so hot or warm, soapy water is more effective than cold, soapy water at removing those oily soils and the bacteria in them.


This info can be found at http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/a2z-h.html