A.
Each tattoo establishment shall have an operating room which shall
be separate and apart from a waiting room or public room that may
be used for other than tattooing purposes. Patrons or customers shall
be tattooed only in said operating room.
B.
The operating room shall be equipped with hot and cold running, potable
water, together with such sinks and basins as may be necessary.
C.
Furniture and furnishings used within the operating room shall be
constructed of such material as to permit proper cleansing with hot
water and disinfecting solutions.
D.
There shall be no overhead or otherwise exposed sewerage lines so
as to create a potential hazard to the sanitary environment of the
establishment.
E.
All operating tables shall be constructed of easily cleanable material,
with a smooth, washable finish, and at least six inches from any observer
or waiting customers and/or separated by a panel at least four feet
high. Observers shall not be allowed in the operating room during
the tattooing process.
F.
The operating room shall have proper and sufficient lighting as needed
to perform the tattooing process.
A.
The practice of universal precautions shall be used during the tattooing
process as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's
(OSHA) Blood Borne Pathogen Rule. This rule applies to any workplace
in which one or more employees are engaged in practices that may present
a risk for transmission of HIV (AIDS) or HBV (Hepatitis B) to the
worker.
B.
There shall be available within said tattoo establishment adequate
hot and cold, potable, running water, soap, germicidal solution, individual
hand scrub brushes, and fingernail files or orange sticks for each
tattoo artist.
C.
Each tattoo artist shall scrub his hands and forearms with soap and
hot water using individual hand brush, clean his fingernails with
an individual file or orange stick and thoroughly rinse his hands
in a germicidal solution before working on each patron or customer.
An individual disposable towel or napkin shall be used for drying
the tattoo artist's hands and arms after rinsing.
D.
Each tattoo artist shall wear clean clothes or lab coat. Surgical
gloves shall be worn during the tattooing process and shall be changed
for each patron.
E.
There shall be no smoking, eating, or drinking in the operating room
during the tattooing process.
F.
The following table summarizes the use of disinfectants in the tattooing
procedure:
|
Agent
|
Preparation
|
Uses
| |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Hypochlorite
|
Make up daily
|
Corrodes metals
| |
|
5.25% bleach
1 part bleach to 10 parts water
|
Use for disinfection of needles before disposal
Excellent for other materials
| ||
|
Glutaraldehyde
|
Make up weekly using activator
|
Use for pigment capsules (Cidex)
| |
|
Do not dilute
|
Motors and damp wiping
| ||
|
70% spirit/alcohol
|
Do not dilute
|
Skin, table tops, metals
| |
|
Clear phenolics
|
Make up daily
|
Table tops, damp wiping (Hycolin) motors
|
|
Solutions of proven equivalence may be approved by the local
Health Officer.
| |
|
All products shall be used according to label requirements and
have EPA approval.
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