The licensed body piercer shall comply with the following sanitary rules:(a) A clean (medical type) or surgical garment, or disposable coat shall be used during the perforation procedure.(b) Hands and nails shall be washed and scrubbed with antiseptic, and soaked in hot water before beginning and after ending work with each client.(c) Disposable gloves, sterile gauze and sterilized instruments shall be used, as well as, mouth and nose masks and eye protectors.(d) The body area to be perforated shall be cleaned with an antiseptic soap. Perforations shall not be made in areas of the body where there are signs of drug use, lesions, or dermatological diseases.(e) If the area to be perforated must be shaved, disposable blades shall be used for each service and the skin shall be cleaned again with isopropyl alcohol at seventy percent (70%).(f) All jewelry or objects used in the perforation shall be cleaned in a germicide solution.(g) The needles and sharp or cutting objects used shall be immediately discarded in perforation-proof labeled containers, disposing of them as high risk biological material.(h) The equipment and all the instruments shall be placed in a germicide solution or in mediately discarded in perforation-proof labeled containers, disposing of them as high risk biological material.(h) The equipment and all the instruments shall be placed in a germicide solution or in an ultrasonic cleaner.(i) The gloves shall be discarded after each use, in bags identified as biomedical waste, which shall be handled by authorized personnel. History —Feb. 8, 2003, No. 73, § 7, eff. 90 days after Feb. 8, 2003.
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