Compliance with Health and Safety Guidelines
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- As a business, you have a legal duty to provide a safe service to your clients. It is strongly recommended that you undertake a risk management assessment to understand and undertake all precautions. Identifying potential hazards in your clinic ensures that you can provide a quality service to your clients, as well as reduce workplace health and safety risk.
Infection prevention and control-basic requirements
Legislative requirements for the industry are stated below:
- The clinic/salon must be kept clean
- Any tools that involve penetrating the skin must be sterile at the time of use
- Any tools that have been contaminated must be disposed of immediately and appropriately
- Technicians must keep themselves and their clothing clean
- Technicians must not have exposed cuts, wounds or abrasions
- Each client must be given written health information in regard to the possible risks with undertaking a skin penetration procedure.
Ink (including pigments and dyes)
- Do not re-use pigments
- Appropriately store pigments to prevent cross contamination
Stencils and outlines
- It is important to make sure that your stencils are clean prior to applying them to a client’s skin
- Single-use stencils are recommended
- Apply clean soapy water to assist with fixing the stencil to the client’s skin or baby wipes
- Do not apply stencils with re-usable applicators