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A mechanical process using soap and water or detergent and water to remove all visible dirt, debris, and any disease-causing germs.
What is Cleaning?
Estheticians are "governed" so-to-speak by this state agency which regulates licensing, enforcement of the rules, and our conduct when we are on the job, implementing very specific procedures to keep the public safe.
Who/What is the State Board of Cosmetology?
This mode of pathogen transmission occurs through contact with an intermediate contaminated object, such a s a razor, extractor, nipper, or an environmental surface upon which the pathogen resides.
What is Indirect Transmission?
Made of a material that has no pores or openings and that cannot absorb liquids.
What is Nonporous mean?
Always replace the disinfectant solution ___________ _____ and more often if the solution becomes soiled or contaminated.
What is every day?
This is a chemical process for reducing the number of disease-causing germs on cleaned surfaces to a safe level.
What is Sanitizing?
This Agency was created as part of the U.S. Department of Labor to regulate and enforce safety and health standards to protect employees in the workplace.
Who/What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)?
Mode of pathogen transmission which occurs when a pathogen living in our respiratory tract is expelled through coughing, sneezing, or even talking; this mode is indicative of smaller and dryer particles that are able to hang in the air longer, allowing them to spread further.
What is Airborne Transmission?
Tuberculosis is an airborne disease caused by bacterium that is passed through inhalation only and not transmitted by the hands or picked up on surfaces. This type of disinfectant is effective against killing it.
What is Tuberculocidal disinfectant?
You should always wear _________ and
safety _________.
What are gloves and glasses/goggles?
This is the process that destroys all microbial life, including inactive bacterial spores, generally with the use of an autoclave.
What is Sterilization?
This federal agency registers all types of disinfectants sold and used in the United States by giving the solution a registration number, certifying the efficacy of the disinfectant when used according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Who/What is the Environmental Protection Agency (or EPA)?
The transmission of pathogens through touching, kissing, coughing, sneezing, and talking, including shaking hands with multiple people without washing them in between.
What is Direct Transmission?
This type of disinfectant is a form of formaldehyde and has a very high pH; it can cause damage to the skin and eyes and can be harmful to the environment if it is put down the drain.
Never place any disinfectant in a(n) _______________
container.
What is unmarked?
A chemical process for use with nonporous items that uses specific products to destroy pathogenic (harmful) organisms including bacteria, viruses, and fungi on implements and environmental surfaces.
What is Disinfecting?
A 16-category, standard-format document for each product in the salon/spa that includes information on the handling, mixing, storing, and disposing of the product as well as potentially hazardous ingredients and how to avoid these hazards.
What is a Safety Data Sheet (SDS)?
Mode of pathogen transmission which occurs when a pathogen living in our respiratory tract is expelled through coughing, sneezing, or even talking; this mode is indicative of large particles that do not stay suspended in the air for long.
What is Respiratory Droplet?
To be considered an effective disinfectant Bleach must have an EPA-registration number and contain at least 5% (usually 5.25%) of this, properly diluted to a 10 percent solution -- nine parts water to one part bleach.
What is Sodium Hypochlorite?
You should always use _________, or a
______________ ______________ to remove implements from disinfectants.
What are tongs and draining basket?
What are Sanitation, Disinfection, and Sterilization?
Laws are written by both federal and state legislatures to determine the scope of practice for estheticians. This is another term for LAWS.
What are Statutes?
This is caused by pathogenic organisms that enter the body; sometimes as a result of coming in contact with harmful organisms under certain conditions; may or may not be contagious.
What is an Infectious Disease?
What are/is Multiple Quats (Quaternary Ammonium Compounds)?
Always, always, always follow manufacturer's instructions for ___________, _____________, and ______________ of disinfectants.
What is mixing, using, and disposing?