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Did you Observe and ask the right questions?
1. Did you watch the artist open the package?
Do you use new ink caps for each client?
Do you sterilize all equipment that may come into contact with blood?
Ask to see sterilization process and log
Instrument sterilization is an essential part of infection control in a shop that reuses equipment.
Although the approach in a medical setting is to decontaminate some instruments and to sterilize others, in the body art setting, it is better to sterilize all reusable instruments that are contaminated with blood, or that have come into contact with mucus membranes, non-intact skin or intact skin. This is the safest approach to prevent spreading disease to clients.
Sterilization is a...
Getting a Piercing?
Piercing self-care: A piercing can take a few weeks to several months to fully heal, depending on where it is on your body. Follow directions for care from your piercer, or, if necessary, seek medical care. See When to See a Clinician.
Do not touch the piercing. Do not pick at the piercing or jewelry. Your hands carry germs that can cause infection.
Use a warm sea salt-water soak or a mild liquid antibacterial soap used every day to aid healing and prevent infection.
Oral piercings need to be cared for differently than other piercings. Use an alcohol-free antibacterial...
Question #1
Posted by robert
on Oct 1st, 2011 |
no responses
Did you Observe and ask the right questions?
1. Did you watch the artist open the package?
Question #2
Posted by robert
on Oct 1st, 2011 |
no responses
Do you use new ink caps for each client?
Question #4
Posted by robert
on Oct 1st, 2011 |
no responses
Do you sterilize all equipment that may come into contact with blood?
Ask to see sterilization process and log
Instrument sterilization is an essential part of infection control in a shop that reuses equipment.
Although the approach in a medical setting is to decontaminate some instruments and to sterilize others, in the body art setting, it is better to sterilize all reusable instruments that are contaminated with blood, or that have come into contact with mucus membranes, non-intact skin or intact skin. This is the safest approach to prevent spreading disease to clients.
Sterilization is a...
Question #5
Posted by robert
on Oct 1st, 2011 |
no responses
Getting a Piercing?
Piercing self-care: A piercing can take a few weeks to several months to fully heal, depending on where it is on your body. Follow directions for care from your piercer, or, if necessary, seek medical care. See When to See a Clinician.
Do not touch the piercing. Do not pick at the piercing or jewelry. Your hands carry germs that can cause infection.
Use a warm sea salt-water soak or a mild liquid antibacterial soap used every day to aid healing and prevent infection.
Oral piercings need to be cared for differently than other piercings. Use an alcohol-free antibacterial...