A prep cook shows up wearing a fitness tracker and two bracelets. Before starting food prep, the manager should have her:
a.Wrap the bracelets and the tracker band in tape so that nothing can slip off into open food
b.Remove the bracelets and fitness tracker, since arms and hands must be free of such jewelry during food prep
c.Pull single-use gloves on over the bracelets and cover the tracker with a long sleeve for the whole prep shift
d.Keep everything on, as long as she wiped the bands down with sanitizer before clocking in
Explanation
During food preparation, employees must remove bracelets, watches, and fitness trackers from hands and arms, keeping only a plain band ring, because such jewelry harbors pathogens, can fall into food, and interferes with handwashing and glove use. Tape, gloves pulled over the bands, and a long sleeve all leave the jewelry on the arm, so the hands still cannot be washed properly and the bands still cannot be cleaned; wiping them with sanitizer does not make a bracelet a food-prep item. The items must simply be removed.
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