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food-safety-hygiene
Glove Use
Always tested on the ServSafe
Use single-use gloves correctly and change them at the required times.
About this skill
Single-use glove use: wash hands first, change every 4 hours or between tasks (especially raw to ready-to-eat). Gloves do not replace handwashing.
10 total steps
6 critical steps
Time limit: 1 min
What graders are watching for
- 1Wash hands before donning
- 2Change every 4 hours
- 3Never reuse single-use gloves
Common mistakes (and how to avoid them)
- !Washing and reusing gloves
- !Not changing between raw and ready-to-eat
- !Skipping handwashing after removal
Practice this skill step-by-step
The static walkthrough above is the marketing overview. The full step-by-step interactive practice (with critical-step highlighting, per-step "why this matters" rationale, and what graders watch for on each individual step) is unlocked with a subscription.
Related food safety hygiene skills
Handwashing
Wash hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and running water.
Avoiding Bare-Hand Contact with Ready-to-Eat Foods
Use a barrier (gloves, tongs, deli paper) for all ready-to-eat food contact.
Exclusion and Restriction of Sick Employees
Exclude or restrict employees with vomiting, diarrhea, jaundice, sore throat with fever.