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Event Handwashing by The Trickler Method
Submitted by Jim Mann on July 25, 2008 - 4:02pm.
Event handwashing is often handicapped by the lack of running water. Summer fairs and church events are familar examples. Health departments around the country are contacted regularly by event planners looking to conform to local codes.
Most local codes flow from the FDA's Model Food Code where water, any amount of water, trumps the alternatives. This has evolved to what we now call The Trickler Method where a small amout of water is trickled out of a vessel to wet hands, wash and rinse. It is hard to capture the trickler method in actual use as it rarely is.
Below are four examples of approved "handsinks" for The Trickler Method, photographed in late July 2008 in Illinois.
Data was presented at the last Conference for Food Protection for a new protocol for use where running water is not available. SaniTwice met the current standard for handwashing effectiveness of a log 2 reduction. See results here.
We are interested in hearing from our readers as to any lab data available for The Trickler Method. We suspect pathogen reduction is well below an acceptable level. Please contact us via:
