餐饮服务业中手套的正确使用

The food service industry has many of the same hygiene and contamination concerns of the food processing industry.

餐饮服务业与食品加工业有着许多类似的卫生和污染问题。

Food service encompasses anywhere food is served. Sit-down restaurants, food trucks and college campus cafeterias are all part of the food service industry. In these and similar locations, food is prepared and served, and consumers often see workers having direct contact with the food.

许多地方都涉及餐饮服务。（比如）餐厅、食品运输车和学校食堂，它们都涉及餐饮服务业。在这些场所及其他类似的地方，消费者会经常看到工作人员直接与食物接触。

Due to the nature of the food service industry – workers directly hand food to consumers – disposable glove usage in this sector is common. The U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) requires all employees to wash their hands if they make contact with food. However, employers can only partially monitor their employees hand washing practices, which is why gloves are useful. Employers can visibly monitor their workers’ food safety practices, and consumers get peace of mind that there is a barrier between food service employees’ hands and their food.

由于这样的性质（——餐饮服务员直接与食物接触），所以在这个行业中使用一次性手套是十分常见的。美国联邦药品管理局（FDA）还要求所有员工在接触食物前洗手。但雇主并不能完全监督好所有员工洗手。这也就是为什么手套会被应用上。（员工）使用了手套，雇主就能对他们的食品安全措施了如指掌。而手套（的穿戴）也是给予了双手与操作人员之间一道良好的屏障，从而给消费者带来安心。

 

One key facet of the food service industry is workers tend to switch between various light-duty tasks, and they need a disposable glove material that can accommodate their workflow. That is where polyethylene (PE), also known as poly, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC), also known as vinyl, gloves come in.

在餐饮服务业有一点很重要，操作人员必须在各种处理食材的程序中相互转换。他们需要一种能帮助他们处理这些工作流程的一次性手套。这样一来，聚乙烯（PE，也称为聚合材料）及聚氯乙烯（PVC，也称为乙烯基）就问世了。

 

 

 

 

Poly gloves have a looser fit so they are easier to don and doff.

PE手套很宽松，所以易于穿脱。

A looser fit at an affordable price with poly gloves

价格便宜的PE手套
To avoid cross contamination, food service employees switch gloves often. If an employee were to go from preparing food to serving food, for instance, he or she would need to change gloves. Given the fast pace that can be common in this industry – during a lunch-hour rush, for example – these workers need a glove they can slip on and off quickly. For instance, sandwich shop workers use new gloves for each customer.

为了避免交叉感染，餐饮服务人员会经常更换手套。比如一个工人从准备食物到售卖食物就需要更换（多双）手套。餐饮服务业节奏很快，在午饭高峰期，餐饮人员就需要快速穿脱手套。三明治店的服务员在面对每一位顾客时都需要使用新手套。

Poly gloves, which are latex free, fit this description. These gloves are made from two sheets of polyethylene film. The sheets are seamed and sealed with heat to create the gloves.

不含乳胶的PE手套最适合以上情况。这类手套由两张聚乙烯薄膜制成，薄膜经过热压密封后就成了PE手套。

This glove material is thin and inexpensive. Considering employees switch gloves often, there is no need to use a more heavy-duty glove material such as nitrile or latex.

这种手套的材质很薄，价格也很低廉。考虑到员工要常更换手套，就没必要使用更厚一点的丁腈或是乳胶手套。

Poly gloves are powder free. They do not conform to the hand as closely as other glove materials for easy donning and doffing. However, this feature also means less dexterity, but the gloves can be textured for better grip.

PE手套属于无粉手套。它不像其他材料的手套那样贴合手部，方便穿脱。这种特性就意味着操作会不灵活，所以手套表面会有便于抓握的纹理。

“There are antimicrobial versions of vinyl gloves, which stop the growth of microorganisms.“

“经过灭菌处理后的PVC手套可阻止微生物的生长。”

More dexterity with vinyl gloves

更为灵活的PVC手套
A staple in the food processing industry, latex-free, powder-free vinyl disposable gloves are a staple in the food service industry. Like poly gloves, vinyl products are affordable and suitable for both food processing and food service applications. There are also antimicrobial vinyl gloves, which stop the growth of microorganisms. This feature is beneficial for preventing the spread of harmful bacteria that can contaminate the glove and other surfaces.

不含乳胶的一次性无粉PVC手套更适用于食品加工业和餐饮服务业，相比PE手套，它们价格更为便宜实惠。此外，灭菌PVC手套还能阻止微生物的生长。这能有效防止有害细菌的传播，防止手套被污染以及防止其他接触面受到污染。

Vinyl gloves have two advantages compared to poly gloves: They conform more closely to the hand and provide better dexterity. If an employee needs to handle a small amount of garnish, for example, he or she can have an easier time grasping the correct amount with vinyl gloves.

和PE手套相比，PVC手套有两大好处：它更贴合手部，能提供更好的灵活性。比如工人要处理少量的活儿时，穿戴PVC手套（因其较好的贴合度）能使他们花更少的时间去完成工作。

Why not latex or nitrile?

为何不用乳胶或是丁腈材质？
As with any industry, end users and consumers can have latex allergies. Even if employees are able to wear the gloves without trouble, they could transfer latex proteins to the foods they handle, thereby causing a consumer to experience an allergic reaction. Nitrile is latex free, but its level of durability and price are not practice for gloves that are going to be changed often.

和任何行业一样，手套终端使用者和手套消费者都会有乳胶过敏的情况。即便工人们穿戴的手套（本身质量）没有问题，（由于穿戴了乳胶手套）他们会将（致敏的）乳胶蛋白转移到正在处理的食物之中。消费者（食用后）就会导致过敏。（而若使用了丁腈手套）虽然它（手套）不含乳胶，但如果需要经常更换手套，它的耐用性就没有那么高了。

In the end, poly and vinyl gloves offer the value and ease food service workers need.

总之，PE（手套）和PVC（手套）能给餐饮服务人员带来价值和便利。