Federal Agencies
Establish specific standards of conduct and can be changed or updated frequently.
What are rules?
Transmission of pathogens through touching (including shaking hands), kissing, coughing, sneezing, and talking
What is direct transmission?
Capable of destroying bacteria
What is bactericidal?
Also known as communicable disease; disease that is capable of being spread from one person to another
What is contagious disease?
An inflammatory disease of the skin caused by a viral infection and characterized by small vesicles in clusters
What is herpes simplex virus?
5.25 percent sodium hypochlorite, is an effective disinfectant and has been used extensively in salons, spas, and barbershops.
What is bleach?
Registers all types of disinfectants sold and used in the United States.
What is The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
An abnormal condition of all or part of the body, or its systems or organs, that makes the body incapable of carrying on normal function
What is disease?
A mechanical process using soap and water or detergent and water to remove all visible dirt, debris, and many disease-causing germs; cleaning also removes invisible debris that interferes with disinfection
What is cleaning?
The presence, or the reasonably anticipated presence, of blood or other potentially infectious materials on an item’s surface, or visible debris or residues such as dust, hair, and skin
What is contamination?
Linked to disfiguring infections associated particularly with pedicure bowls.
What is mycobacterium?
Tuberculocidal disinfectants that are a form of formaldehyde, have a very high pH, and can damage the skin and eyes
What are phenolic disinfectants?
Exist to protect beauty professionals’ and their customers’ health and safety during services.
What are State Regulatory Agencies?
Transmission of blood or body fluids through contact with an intermediate contaminated object such as a razor, extractor, nipper, or an environmental surface
What is indirect transmission?
Capable of destroying molds and fungi
What is fungicidal?
Illness resulting from conditions associated with employment, such as prolonged and repeated overexposure to certain products or ingredients
What is occupational disease?
A type of infectious bacteria that is highly resistant to conventional treatments such as antibiotics.
What is methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)?
Designed for disinfection of nonporous surfaces; they are appropriate for use in noncritical (noninvasive) environments and are effective against most pathogens of concern in the salon, spa, or barbershop environment
What are quaternary ammonium compounds (quats)?
Written by both federal and state legislatures to determine the scope of practice (what each license allows the holder to do) and establish guidelines for regulatory agencies to make rules. They are also known as statutes
What are laws?
Transmission occurs when a pathogen living in our respiratory tract is expelled through coughing, sneezing, or even talking.
What is respiratory droplet and airborne transmission?
Bacteria capable of producing a protective coating that allows them to withstand very harsh environments and to shed the coating when conditions become more favorable to them
What are bacterial spores?
Disease produced by organisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites
What is pathogenic disease?
An infection where the pathogen has distributed throughout the body rather than staying on one area or organ
What is systemic infection?
The ability of a product to produce the intended effect; on a disinfectant label, it indicates specific pathogens destroyed or disabled when used properly
What is efficacy?
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
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)?
The invasion of body tissues by disease-causing pathogens
What is an infection?
A chemical process that uses specific products to destroy harmful organisms (except bacterial spores) on environmental surfaces
What is disinfection?
Determination of the nature of a disease from its symptoms and/or diagnostic tests; federal regulations prohibit salon professionals from performing
What is diagnosis?
Pus-forming bacteria that grow in clusters like a bunch of grapes; cause abscesses, pustules, and boils
What is staphylococci?
The process that completely destroys all microbial life, including spores
What is sterilization?