Mobile devices in the kitchen

Smartphones and tablets are handy in the kitchen but can spread bacteria. Learn simple tips to keep your hands, kitchen, and devices clean while cooking.

Cooking with Devices

Do you use your smart phone, tablet or iPad when cooking? Do you wash your hands or device?

The average mobile device contains more bacteria than the average toilet seat. This is because we constantly touch our devices and hardly ever clean them.

Smart phones, tablets and iPads can be extremely useful in the kitchen when trying to follow a recipe. However, how many times do you touch the screen to check ingredients or start/stop a video without washing your hands afterwards?

Keeping Your Kitchen and Devices Clean While Cooking

Always wash your hands before and after cooking
  • Clean hands are important to help stop cross-contamination between your mobile device and ingredients when cooking.
  • Always wash your hands with warm water and soap, drying with a clean hand towel or paper towel before, in between and after handling ingredients. 
Clean worktop before and after cooking
  • Placing your mobile device on an unclean kitchen worktop could spread harmful bacteria.
  • Always clean kitchen worktops with hot soapy water / sanitiser before and after preparing food.
Clean your mobile device before and after cooking
  • Before you start cooking, you should clean your mobile device to help reduce potential cross-contamination.
  • Clean your mobile device after cooking if you have handled raw ingredients such as meat, poultry, or eggs.
  • Using cleaning wipes containing at least 70% isopropyl alcohol is the best way to clean your device including the screen, back, sides and buttons. 
Have a designated spot for your mobile device while you cook

Use a stand that props up your device so that it can be easily seen while you are prepping or cooking.Use a stand that props up your device so that it can be easily seen while you are prepping or cooking.

Turn off the auto-lock function on your mobile device

This will ensure your phone doesn’t lock while you are trying to follow a recipe.This will ensure your phone doesn’t lock while you are trying to follow a recipe.

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