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[mer1in]

Hi all, I work in a flight catering company. So we have 24hr production, I would like to know your opinions on how often should the strip curtains installed in walk in chillers, freezers be cleaned. I feel it is a source of cross contamination, as trolleys are pulled in & out through the day, it rubs on the staff aprons as they go about, the staff could be wearing gloves which comes in contact with the curtains & might continue to use the same gloves for cooking unknowingly. & I would also like to know if anyone does hygiene monitoring - ATP swab on strip curtains & what would the ideal count be? Thank you

[Scampi]

switch them out for high speed doors

 

problem solved

 

you'd have to run atp swabs to get a baseline first, but I'd be shooting for less than 500 units........given what they are if you can get that low consistently, i'd be impressed

 

I'd spend the extra time/energy on your people/process flow

 

They should be changing gloves once they've touched the strips every time

[kettlecorn]

If the staff aren't wearing gloves (or aren't changing gloves) your numbers will probably be off the charts, as far as ATP tests go. I agree with Scampi that high-speed doors are preferable, but in our operation we can't afford them. We use a window cleaner/squeegee with an extender pole to clean our strip curtains. They are cleaned and tested once a week, but we also supervise cGMPs (gloves and so forth) pretty stringently, and we aren't running 24/7.