Sterilization in the permanent makeup room: methods and means

Sterility and sterilization in tattooing are the main factors in the health of the client, which is in the first place for a conscientious master. In order to provide the client with complete safety, the specialist must strictly adhere to all sanitation rules regarding the working space, workplace, equipment and tools.

Room sterility

Floor. The floor covering must be well disinfected. Therefore, it is strictly forbidden to lay carpets in the rooms to perform the procedure, they collect a lot of bacteria, dust and dirt. The floor must be in constant sterility, this is one of the important requirements of the workflow.

Table. The work table of the master should be made of a material that lends itself well to sterilization. All cabinet surfaces should be thoroughly disinfected regularly.

It is not advisable to keep live plants in the working room, because the earth is a habitat for bacteria and various fungi.

Windows are a mandatory requirement for a tattoo and permanent makeup parlor. The work area must be regularly ventilated.

There must also be running water in the office.

Chairs and couches located in the office must be made of materials that can be treated with sterilization agents. Pads for chairs and couches should be disposable and should be replaced after each client.

Good lighting . The light in the office should be at the highest level, bright, but at the same time comfortable for the eyes.

Important Rules

1. Surfaces with which there is regular contact (desktop, lamp, chair, and so on) must be treated with sterilizing preparations before each procedure, after each client.

2. If the working instrument falls on the floor, it must be replaced with a sterile instrument. In this case, you need to replace the gloves with a new sterile pair.

3. If the gloves come into contact with the phone, the door handle, or the glove is damaged, the gloves must be replaced. At the same time, having previously treated the hands with an antiseptic.

4. Modern tattoo machines are equipped with disposable replacement cartridges, do not forget to replace them. Also, you should always remember that the brushes and pencils used to create sketches should be regularly sterilized.

Workplace sterility

The place to work must be fully prepared before each subsequent client. The desktop is disinfected, it should be prepared:

• tattoo machine (necessarily sterilized);
• disposable modules;
• sterile needles;
• disposable gloves;
• disposable protective mask;
• preparation for the treatment of the skin;
• sterilizer for the apparatus;
• cotton pads and sticks;
• anesthetic drugs;
• a container with cotton pads well soaked in a cleanser for the skin;
• pigments and activators;
• wet and dry wipes;
• mirror and magnifying glass;
• needle container.

There must be a garbage container near the desktop for the disposal of used materials.

Sterilization of the working tool

Important! Work needles, pigment caps, pigment and gloves should be single use. Boiling, soaking in sterilizing agents, alcohol treatments do not give a full guarantee of sterility. Therefore, disposable consumables should be thrown away immediately.

The tool of permanent use must be thoroughly disinfected. To do this, reusable instruments are placed in a bath with ultrasound, with a sterilizing agent. This is necessary to clean hard-to-reach places of instruments from grease, protein contamination, and mechanical dirt.

The final stage of sterilization of the working tool is to place it in an autoclave. The instrument must be in the autoclave for at least an hour, at a temperature of 180 degrees Celsius. It is necessary to store the sterilized instrument in a cabinet with ultraviolet light.

All of the above rules are designed to ensure that the tattooing procedure is not only of high quality, but also as safe as possible, both for the master and for the client.