Aidsand, Hepatitis B General Hygiene: A Checklist

* Tube dispensers should be used where the cosmetic is too thick to be d.ispensed through. a pump, as. with cuticle creams.
* Where pump or tube dispensers are unavailable and the cosmetic is kept in a jar, a clean spatula or cuticle stick should be used to take sufficient product out of the jar for a single application on a client. The spatula should not be re-dipped into the jar to obtain more product. If onJy dean spatulas are used to remove product, and if th.e jar is kept tightly covered between uses, then the hygiene of the product is maintained.
* For cuticle remover solutions and nail varnishes, if these solutions are used on obviously infected clients, then the whole bottle, brush and solution must be discarded after use. Provided the clients are not visjbly infecte-d, then the use of these items on consecutive dients is acceptable. :Each bottle should be used until empty, and then discarded: to maintain dea:n:Liness, bottles should not be topped up fr.om fresh, bulk supplies.

General hygiene: a checklist 
1 Set up a sensible and hyg,ienic cleaning routine for the salon. Make regular checks to be sure that it is being follred.
2 Keep the saJon light and airy, clean and dry.
3. Pay special attention to personal hygiene, especially washin hands before and after teach client.
4 Always disinfect or sterilise implements as necessary before ti their use on the next dient.
5 Always follow carefully the instructions for the use of disinfectants and sterilising s·olution.s. Ne,rer top up a solution or exce.ed the rec.:ommended dilution or soaking time. Always rinse and dry chemically sterilised implements before handling.
6 Wherever possible, use disposable items, for example client" s and manicurist's hand towel.s and hand- and armrest covers.
7 Remember that all procedures are vital for the protection of the manicu.rist as well as fur the protection of the clien ts.

AJDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is the most srinus result of infection bv a virus now known as the human im. " mttnodefi.ciency virus (HlV) .. People with this virus in their bloodstream are said to be HIV-positive. Not all HIV-positive people develop AIDS: som.e tay well, with no indication that they are carrying HIV; some become slightly ill, and othe rs will go on to die from AIDS. However . all HfV -positive pe-ople are carriers of the virus.

GENERAl SALON HYGIENE The Salon

The salon
The salon should b@ kept d .Nt:n itnd dry, as it is bacteria which are the nudn source of infection within the salon and most of these will dehydrate (dry up} and die in a clean dry atmosphere. As far as possible, the salon shouJd be light and airy, as sunshine inhibits the growth of micro-organisms, and the circulation of air will prevent the development of the warm, moist conditions which enco urage bacterial growth.

Floors mzd chairs
Floors should be kept deane and vacuumed or mopped regularly. Chajrs should be washed de;rwn regularly with household detergent and hot water. Hot soapy water is in itself a good disinfectant and antiseptic and should be used liberally.

Surfaces
All surfaces in the salon should be, washed down regularly with household detergent and hot water. Cream cleansers can be used, but abrasive cleansers should be av·oided as these leave SCOW' marks which cru1 harbour bacteria. Surfaces being used for manicure sholi J:d be wiped down and disinfected between clients, using 70 per it akohot isopropyl akohoJ plus chlorhexidine, or any other pur. made formulation. Glass surfaces a..re the easiest to clean.


Equipment
Overall
The manicurist's overnU must be dean and pressed every day. It should be washed in. soapy ter in a, minimum 60 ~c wash as tnost bacteria are killed af a 60 OC temperature.

Towels
Each cl ient shou:td have a clean towel and the towels shouJd be laundered in hot (60 o,C) soapy water to kill bact:eri,a. However, there are spedal cool-wash powders now available which will disinfe.ct and deru1 at only 30 OC, tllus saving a litt le wear on the salon equipment.

Plastic manicure ba-wls
These should be washed behveen clients using hot (minimum 60 ~c) soapy water or a cn~am. dea.nser. The use of abrasive deaners should.