Handwashing requirements

(1) Every operator shall ensure that providers, assistants, members of staff and children, wash their hands in the circumstances specified in subregulation (2) below. (2) The circumstances referred to in subregulation (1) above are– (a) before and afterSocial Service Agencies 35 (i) each diaper change; (ii) helping a child use the toilet; (iii) feeding an infant; (iv) caring for a sick child; (v) food preparation; and (b) after– (i) caring for animals and animal equipment; and (ii) sneezing or coughing. (3) In addition to the circumstances specified in subregulation (2) above, proper hand-washing procedures shall also be posted on bathroom walls for the benefit of children, who shall wash their hands after using the bathroom and before every meal.