If you prepare or handle food that will be eaten, you must be sure you meet the highest standards of sanitation to make sure the food is safe to eat. While these standards are especially important if you work in a food-service operation, they are just as valid in your home kitchen, backyard barbecue, or at an office potluck. If you wear food handler gloves, throw them away after each use, or wash your gloved hands as thoroughly as you would wash your bare hands.
Gloves can spread germs just as easily as bare hands.
Wear latex gloves, and never touch prepared food with your hands. Clean and sanitize equipment and utensils after each changed use. This includes knives, cutting boards, and thermometers. This is known as the Temperature Danger Zone. However, that number may vary slightly as different health departments vary that amount by plus or minus 5 degrees.