Hygiene Handbook

In conjunction with NSF International, this industry best practices guide was developed to provide quality assurance managers, sanitarians and other hygiene/sanitation managers with simple, real-world best practices for implementing an ATP hygiene/sanitation monitoring programme that delivers optimal results. Topics covered include:

• Validation and verification
• Cleaning to a validated standard
• Swabbing and establishing baselines
• RLU’s as an indication of cleanliness
• Migrating from validation to verification
• Representative sampling
• Pre-op Vs Post-op
• Revalidation
• Using the ATP test results to improve cleaning efficacy
• Interpreting test results: what’s a “good” score
• Sampling water
• Complimentary environmental testing
• Program extensions
• Limitations and known interferences
• Conclusions and summary