Safety and Sanitation
A clean, laundered towel should be used?
For each person.
Surfaces of implements used on a client should be?
Disinfected.
On non-porous hair the scales of the cuticle layer appear to be?
Overlapped.
The average hair will grow _____ in one month.
1/2 inch.
What part of the nail structure provides nourishment to the nail?
Matrix.
Washing hands prior to and following a client service is an example of?
Sanitation.
Disease transferred from one person to another?
Communicable.
Porosity of the hair is the ability to absorb?
Moisture.
The medical term for dandruff is?
Pityriasis.
Technical term for bitten nails is?
Onychophagy.
To prevent burns from the use of hot wax, the wax must be?
Tested on the inside wrist.
Clients with contagious diseases and conditions should be?
Referred to a physician.
The portion of the hair structure that gives shape and direction?
Follicle.
Shiny, healthy hair is a result of the ____ and reflecting light.
Cuticle lying flat.
While consulting with a potential pedicure client with suspended onychomycosis, the client should be?
Referred to a physician for treatment prior to pedicure service.
Instructions for a disinfectant generally will state that the user should completely avoid is use on?
Human skin, hair, or nails.
Tables, walls, doorknobs, and hands and likely _____ no matter how clean they look?
Contaminated.
The hair can be divided into three parts. What are they?
Medulla, Cortex, and Cuticle.
Healthy hair and skin have a pH in the range of?
4.5 to 5.5
Eponychium.
Shears should be decontaminated with?
Hospital grade disinfectant.
The spread of blood born pathogens is possible through?
Tweezing when the skin is broken.
Healthy hair, when wet, can be stretched _____ of its length.
40 to 50 percent.
Proper hair care includes?
Scalp and hair cleansing.
The technical name for an occupationally related skin allergy from contact with chemicals is?
Dermatitis venenata.