 Uh-huh, yep. Yep, Meredith Grothers, Agriculture Department food safety expert, says most of us mess up by not washing our hands when we should. She says in a cookout situation, we need to wash our hands immediately after each time that we've touched any raw meat or poultry products because bacteria from them will likely end up on our hands, and we can unknowingly spread it to anything we touch, other foods, doorknobs, countertops, phones. It's crazy what your hands can move around.