According to the material, when you are performing the same task and changing your single-use gloves, do you need to wash your hands?

• A. No, you do not need to wash your hands
• B. Yes, you should wash your hands
• C. Only if you touch raw food
• D. Only at the end of the shift

Answer: (B)

Gloves are a barrier, but hands can still be a source of contamination. When you change gloves during the same task, washing your hands before putting on the new pair removes any germs or residues that may have transferred to your skin or to the gloves during removal or handling. This keeps the next set of gloves clean and reduces the risk of spreading contamination to food or surfaces. The habit should be to wash hands between glove changes (and after removing gloves), not only at the end of a shift or only in response to touching raw food.