We all know the terms 'wax hands', 'clean' and 'disinfect'. These are terms that PMU specialists face daily and are sometimes used interchangeably. But in what situation do you have to deal with cleaning, cleaning or disinfecting during the mapping process, and how do you prevent cross -infections?
Scraps are created in the skin during a PMU treatment. In a healthy person, this triggers a natural immune response from the body and ensures that body fluids are released in the form of wound fluid and blood. A wound or skin defect can also be created when folding and epilating the eyebrows. This can be done with an epilation knife, but also reusable eyebrow scissors and tweezers can cause wounds and skin defects. In the event that the tweezers or scissors are not adequately disinfected and it creates a wound, the customer runs the risk of, among other things, a bacterial infection. Practicing good hygiene in the studio is therefore very important to prevent these situations and it actually starts with applying hand hygiene.
Wash hands or disinfect?
Handhygiene is simply a collective name for washing the hands with water and water or disinfecting the hands with hand disinfectants (eg.
Sterillium). The ultimate goal is to inactivate or remove the transferable microorganisms, regardless of the natural skin bacteria.
Some tips
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Wash hands with water and soap before and after a customer or treatment, after eating, after a toilet visit, after touching animals, after cleaning, after coughing, after sneezing or blowing the nose (also when using tissues).
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Disinfecting your hands in between with a hand disinfectant (such as Sterillium) may be visibly clean as long as your hands are not sticky.
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Wear gloves during ao Performing activities where you can come into contact with blood and wound fluid. So also during the folders of the treatment area where you use sharp objects.
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Do not wear artificial nails, nail polish and hand and wrist jewelry (including watches), during a PMU treatment.
- Do you use materials that are reused, such as scissors and tweezers? Make sure that they are well cleaned and then disinfected before using it on the disinfected treatment area.
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here More details and demands from RIVM about hand hygiene and see
here An illustration about applying hand hygiene in practice.
Cleaning and disinfecting the treatment area during the mapping process
Preparing the skin for a PMU treatment means cleaning and disinfecting, and where necessary, shaving the skin prior to tattooing (RIVM, 2022).
As a PMU specialist you can clean the skin with a ready-made green soap solution or diluted green soap concentrate that is suitable for use on the open skin. Practice shows that some PMU specialists use the product Sterillium to disinfect the eyebrows or lips. Due to the liquid composition, Sterillium is only suitable for disinfecting the hands
For example, to disinfect the skin you can use Dettol wound spray. It is important to maintain the training time of the liquid. Usually this is on the label. If not, wait until the skin is dry to continue with the process.
Some tips
- Check the treatment area whether it is clean (including makeup free) and is free from signs of infection, allergy, dermatitis, (cut) wounds and skin rash.
- Never touch the cleaned and disinfected treatment area with your bare hands.
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here To check whether the means that you use to clean skin and disinfecting are permitted and approved.
"By following these tips you ensure a hygienic mapping process in the studio."
