ASEAN TMHS GMP Training Chapter 4 Annex 1 SOP On Personal Hygiene

Company Name Date Orig.
Issue:
Standard Operating Procedure on Date Revised:
Personal Safety Revision Number:
SOP Number Page xx of xx
&Hygiene
Author Date Dept. Approval Signature Date Approval Signature Date
I. Purpose
To prevent contamination of health supplement products by employees
in the manufacturing area.
I. Scope
This standard operating procedure applies to employees who handle
health supplement raw materials, packaging materials, in-process
materials, and finished products in the manufacturing area of XXX
Company.
II. Responsibilities
1. It is the responsibility of the Management to appoint designated
manufacturing employee(s) to perform personal hygiene inspection on
all employees. Designated employee(s) involved in personal hygiene
inspection shall have the relevant training and/or experience.
2. It is the responsibility of the appointed manufacturing employee(s) to
carry out personal hygiene inspection, record and report.
3. It is the responsibility of the Supervisor of the relevant departments and
all employees to implement adequate corrective action/preventive
action and ensured that they are followed-through.
III. Procedure
Grooming:
1. Arrive to work with clean hair, teeth brushed and bathed daily.
2. Maintain trimmed, filed, cleaned fingernails without rough edges. No
polished fingernails and artificial nails are permitted in the
manufacturing area. Daily check will be conducted and recorded in
Form-XX1.
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Company Name Date Orig. Issue:
Revision Number:
SOP Number Personal Hygiene Page xx of xx
Author Date Dept. Approval Signature Date Q.A. Approval Signature Date
3. Employees working in the manufacturing area must wash their hands

properly before entering the processing area; then gloves shall be put
on as required. Hands must always be washed:
 Before commencing work.
 Before wearing disposable gloves.
 Between performing different task.
 Immediately after using the toilet and returning to work station.
 After handling contaminated item or when unsanitary task has
been performed – i.e. taking out garbage, handling cleaning
chemicals, wiping tables, picking up a dropped utensils, etc.
 After smoking, eating or drinking.
 After touching face, nose, mouth, skin, hair or other exposed body
parts.
 After sneezing, coughing or nose blowing.
4. Wash hands only in designated sinks intended for the purpose. Turn
off faucets in a sanitary fashion in order to prevent recontamination of
clean hands.
5. Dry hands with single-use towels and dispose used towels in closed
trash bin.
Proper Attire:
1. Wear clean properly secured coveralls, hair restraints and gloves at
all times in the manufacturing area. Coveralls shall be sufficient to
cover all personal clothing. They shall be changed daily.
2. Must not wear coveralls outside the manufacturing area. Remove
coveralls, hair restraints and gloves before using toilet facilities, using
lunchroom and exiting the manufacturing area.
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3. Wear hair restraints at all times in the manufacturing area. All hair
must be covered to prevent any possible contamination of health
supplement products.
4. Employees with any facial hair (beards or mustaches) must wear
beard nets.
5. Change to clean, non-skid, closed-toe work shoes that are
appropriate for standing and working on manufacturing floors. Work
shoes must be removed before using toilet facilities, using lunchroom
and exiting the manufacturing area. Footwear must be easily cleaned
and maintained in a clean condition.
6. Remove make-up, wrist watch and jewelry when entering the
manufacturing area.
7. Proper attire will be checked daily and record in Form-XX1.
8. Store personal clothing and belongings in designated locker facility.
Food, drinks, tobacco materials and personal medicine are not
allowed to be stored in this locker facility.
Illness and lesion:
1. Employees shall not be a carrier of or diagnosed of being ill with the
following communicable diseases:
Tuberculosis, Cholera, Typhoid fever, Chickenpox, Dysentery, Measles,
Mumps, Leprosy, Jaundice, Red eye, Lymphatic filariasis, Hepatitis and
infectious skin diseases.
Employees with these diseases must not be allowed in the
manufacturing facilities and local health regulatory agency must be
notified.
2. Report any flu-like symptoms, fever, diarrhea, sore throat, constant
sneezing, coughing, runny nose and/or vomiting to the supervisor.
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Employees with these symptoms will be sent home or re-assigned non-

food related duties or sick leave, whichever is most appropriate (Form-
XX2).
3. Report any lesions on the hand, wrist, or any exposed body part to
supervisor (Form-XX2).
4. Minor cut and abrasion may be properly treated and bandaged. When
hands are bandaged, disposable gloves must be worn to cover the entire
bandaged area before commencing work.
5. Employees with serious lesions must not be allowed to handle raw
materials, packaging materials, in-process materials, and finished
products until the condition is improved.
Smoking, eating, and gum chewing:
1. Smoke only in designated areas. No smoking or chewing of tobacco
shall occur inside manufacturing facilities.
2. Eat and drink in designated areas only.
3. Refrain from chewing gum or eating candy during work in the
manufacturing area.
IV. Monitoring
A designated employee will inspect subordinate employees when they
report to work daily or at appropriate interval to be sure that each
employee is following this SOP. The designated employee will monitor
that all subordinate employees are adhering to the personal hygiene
policy during all hours of operation.
V. Corrective Action
Any employee found not following this procedure will be retrained at
the time of the incident.
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VI. Reference to other documents

Record of daily inspection on personal hygiene (Form-XX1)
Daily employee illness report form (Form- XX2)
VII. END OF DOCUMENT
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