How to Increase Hygiene in Your Company? Some Useful and Practical Tips for Every Kitchen

When speaking about the places with the highest concentration of germs, most of us think of other rooms than the kitchen. However, the fact is kitchens top the list by a significant margin. How can we increase hygiene when preparing food in them?

Long gone are the times when we believed that what is wet is also clean. Various scientific studies remind us the reality is almost completely opposite and that the biggest concentration of germs is in places that are constantly moist. A kitchen is exactly such a place, filled with permanently soggy sponges, wipes, bins and shelves in the fridge. How to be the most effective in keeping it clean?

The first type of advice is connected with food – its storage and manipulation.  The key rule is to thoroughly separate raw food from the cooked one. Although this is a well-known principle, it is truly key in every kitchen because it goes beyond simple cleanness and is a matter of safety. Other than that, it is also important to keep leftovers in firmly closed boxes so that any potential contamination between cooked and raw food was, again, prevented. In addition, it is also important to check the content of your fridge regularly and dispose of every expired item.

It is vital to be cautious when manipulating with food in the kitchen. Other than to clean it before using it, it is advised to pay attention to its preparation. Undercooked meat or fish are among the biggest risks regarding the transfer of bacteria in the kitchen.

The second type of practical advice has to do with the care for kitchen surfaces. After every use of the kitchen counter, it is advised to clean it with a wet kitchen cloth. Although this keeps it from getting dirty, kitchen cloths are at the same time not the most hygienic pieces of kitchen equipment. Therefore it is better and more hygienic to clean the counter from time to time with a single-use paper towel (ideally moistened with a disinfectant) which you dispose of immediately after the use. This way, bacteria won't concentrate in the cloth and will leave the kitchen together with other garbage.

The third type of advice is based on the most important habit of all – hand washing. A habit we got used to even more during the pandemic is worth reminding in the kitchen. Bacteria spread the fastest on our hands touching various objects and surfaces. A big help in this regard are the dispensers of liquid soap and disinfection that make the often annoying and repetitive hand washing much more comfortable.

Slovak Hygienic Paper Group products give you a helping hand in almost all the spheres described earlier. They may not help with food storage and will not notify you when a food expiry date is approaching but you can definitely choose the ideal kitchen towels, liquid soap dispensers (including the soap), disinfection dispensers and disinfection from our wide offer. Thanks to our products, your kitchen will keep in line with even the strictest hygiene standards.