PathSpot, a New York tech startup, has developed a hand hygiene device that identifies if hands are not sufficiently washed. Known as the Handscanner, the device is described as a handwashing lie detector. It is already being used in 10,000 food service outlets around the world, including franchised Taco Bell, Arby’s, and Chopt restaurants, according to a report from WRAL-TV.
Hand hygiene is extremely important in the food industry, where the spread of germs from the hands of workers is a common cause of foodborne illness outbreaks in restaurants. According to the Environmental Health Services (EHS), poor hand hygiene accounts for nine of ten outbreaks in which food was contaminated by food workers.
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