SOP for 

personal hygiene 
1. Purpose

To provide a standard operating procedure for personal hygiene to be

followed by all the employees and personnel working in the pharmaceutical
manufacturing unit to reduce the possibilities of contamination of the
product and prevent the spread of any potential infection in the factory
premises.

2. Scope

The scope of this SOP is applicable to all the employees and personnel
working in the pharmaceutical manufacturing unit

3. Responsibility

All employee and personnel working in the factory: To follow the

instruction written in the SOP.

4. Definitions

Personal hygiene: Personal hygiene is how one care about his or her body.
It includes bathing, washing your hands, brushing your teeth, and more.

5. Procedure

5.1 Basic and mandatory requirement to be followed by each and every

employee:
● Cleaning of teeth every day.

● Take bath every day.

● Hair should be trimmed regularly.

● Cut nails regularly.

● Wear washed inner clothes and change every day.

● Shaving of beard regularly by male.

● Using of cosmetics and wearing jewelry such as pendants, bracelets are

restricted in microbiology, production and warehouse areas.

● Lockers allocated to keep the cloths and personnel belongings as well as

factory clothing should be clean as per frequency defined.

● Issue fresh factory clothing every day.

● Always wear protective clothing while at work. Arrange to repair or

replace any damaged cloth.

● Wear the clothing correctly. If factory clothing are spoiled while working,
it shall be changed immediately.

● On completion of assigned work, remove the protective clothing while

going out of the work area.
5.2 Good hobbits and mandatory to follow at workplace to prevent
contamination:

● Wash hands and legs and sanitize the hands while entering into the
production and warehouse area as described in the respective SOPs.

● Hands shall be washed after using canteen for food and after using to
toilet.

● Do not wiped using common towel. Use hand dryer or single use paper
towel.