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Open Farm Handwash and Hygiene Check
A free printable open farm hygiene check: each handwash station and every animal contact and eating area checked at opening, midday and close, with faults.
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What this sheet is for
Show that every handwash station worked at every round of an open day, not only the first. A station with no soap or towels by the afternoon is one visitors walk past.
Who it is for
Open farms, petting farms, farm parks and shows where members of the public touch or feed animals.
How to use it
- Write where each handwash station is the first time you use the sheet.
- At opening, midday and close, walk every station and area, write the time at the top of the column and tick each line that is right.
- Write any fault in the wide column with what was done, and the initials of whoever put it right.
- Pass anything still open at close to the next duty manager and sign the sheet off.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: One sheet per open day: every handwash station, and every place where visitors meet the animals or sit down to eat, checked at opening, at midday and at close.
What a tick means. A tick for a station means running water, warm water, soap, paper towels, a bin with room in it and a sign asking people to wash. Gel is not counted as a station. How many stations your visitor numbers need, and how often to check, come from your own risk assessment: check the guidance where you are.
Write-on lines: Farm or attraction · Date · Visitors expected · Duty manager
Also printed: Check · Open · Midday · Close · Fault found and what was done · Initials · Time of the round · Handwash stations: write where each one is · Station 1: · Station 2: · Station 3: · Station 4: · Station 5: · Animal contact and eating areas · Wash signs at animal exits and eating areas · Staff watching hands washed at contact exits · Eating areas apart from animals, and clean · No food or drink going into animal areas · Contact area clean, droppings off rails · Boot and pushchair wash points stocked · Animals in the contact area look well · Toilet handbasins stocked · Round done by (initials)
Write-on lines: Faults still open at close, and who is dealing with them · Signed off at close by
Questions
Why is hand gel not counted as a handwash station?
Because UK guidance for open farms treats gel as no substitute for washing with soap and running water, and similar advice is common elsewhere. Gel can sit beside a station, but a station with only gel gets a cross on this sheet, not a tick.
How many handwash stations do we need?
No number is printed, because it depends on your visitor numbers, your layout and your own risk assessment, and the guidance differs between countries. The sheet has five station rows; if you have more, use a second sheet for the rest.
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