Hi Mrsbaker
The Autoclave is the is more important than the ultrasonic. The ultrasonic cleans the tools but it is the autoclave that actually sterilises the equipment. If the tools are clean ( ultrasonic ) but not sterilised ( autoclave ) then they are not safe to use. The ultrasonic alone does not kill the the harmful pathogens that can be present on the tools.
Used together then you can be confident that your tool are safe.
The autoclave are quite expensive machines but you can pick up very good models second hand! The autoclave should have a serviced certificate to show that it has reached the aquried standard for safe use. X
Thank goodness, as this is what I do!!!!Absolute rubbish. All that is required of manicure tools is to wash in hot soapy water (which will remove 99% of pathogens) and to soak in a solution such as barbacide or mundo for the recommended amount of time. We are nail professionals not surgeons, our tools do not have to be sterilised just disinfected. An autoclave for manicure tools is complete overkill and a utter waste of money.
Hello again..
Barbacide is an excellent disinfectant but it only kill some and not all pathogens and it dos not kill bacterial spores.
The video is just a tool for those beauticians who may have considered the method of autoclave but didn't know how to go about it. I know ( and my clients know) that ever time I open a packet of equipment that the tools inside are safe to use and haven't been accidently mixed up with my dirty tools.
I work as a foot healt therapist and as a beautician with the same tools on the same people and I know the dangers of cross contamination are the same regardless of whether I'm doing a pedicure or a foot health treatment but as a foot health professional I am legally obligated to sterilise my equipment.
My intention is not to contradict your training or your insurance cover policy it is only to bring awareness of the dichotomy that exists between us ( beauticians ) and that of other contact service industries chiropody and tattooing as example who's hygiene procedure is known to be much more stringent...X
Of course tattooists and chiropractors have to be more stringent with their hygiene, they use tools that cut through peoples skin and come into contact with bodily fluids.
Manicurists don't do this, we are taught never to cut living tissue so the tools should never pierce skin or come into contact with any blood. In the rare occasion you nick a client with a file, that file is disposed of. I don't see any hygiene issue here that requires an autoclave.
Overkill is not what we should be aiming for, This equipment costs thousand of pounds and is completely unnecessary, as previously mentioned washing in hot soapy water will get rid of 99% of pathogens and barbacide gets rid of 99% of the remaining one percent. Yes there will absolutely be a very small amount of pathogens still on the tools, but not enough to be of any harm to anyone. There are pathogens everywhere, even in the air we breath. Just because there is a small amount of pathogens in the air or on the tools means we are going to get sick. It requires a very large amount of pathogens to be of any risk to anyone, that is why we disinfect everything. Do you autoclave your pedicure chair, or nail desk ? Of course not it's impossible, and they almost certainly have pathogens on them but once they are cleaned and disinfected they pose no risk to anyone.
Scaremongering only reflects badly on you and your business, if you are happy to use an autoclave for your tools then good for you, your right that hygiene should always be adhered to, however to suggest that if you don't' use an autoclave in your salon that you must be really dirty and only offer pedicures for £10 as mentioned in you video is completely ridiculous and clients will see through this, many will be nurses or doctors who know all about pathogen reduction and what is and isn't necessary. Stick to facts.
I guess it depends where you're from. Disinfection does not kill everything unlike sterilisation. Better to be safe than sorry i sayAbsolute rubbish. All that is required of manicure tools is to wash in hot soapy water (which will remove 99% of pathogens) and to soak in a solution such as barbacide or mundo for the recommended amount of time. We are nail professionals not surgeons, our tools do not have to be sterilised just disinfected. An autoclave for manicure tools is complete overkill and a utter waste of money.
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I guess it depends where you're from. Disinfection does not kill everything unlike sterilisation. Better to be safe than sorry i say
Hi as a nurse that's worked in several different areas including theatre and minor injuries it's refreshing to see to see someone taking sterilisation seriously.
I know nail salons aren't required to use autoclaves and some may think it's unnecessary and yes they are not supposed to nick the skin but fungal infections can be present without any visible sign.
I would like to stricter sterilisation guidelines introduced into all salons.
Oh dear, you really have no ideaSo how do you plan to sterilize foot files, towels, chairs, tables, magazines, cups and saucers, and everything else an infected client may come into contact with?
You can't, yet this poses NO RISK to another client once proper sanitation and disinfection protocols are adhered to.
It's not about being lax with hygiene, I'm very strict that everything is clean and thats the way it should be. I won't be sorry for the not using an autoclave in my salon because there is simply no need to.
To me its a kin to scrubbing up like a surgeon before every treatment…. it would be cleaner for sure, we could come in in our gowns and masks and gloves up to our elbows. But it won't make the treatment any safer as there is already no risk when proper protocols are adhered to.
You can be safe without wasting profits on unneeded equipment. I've yet to see a doctors surgery in Ireland with an autoclave, where necessary they will use disposables. I use disposable everything where possible and disinfect everything that isn't possible to be disposable. I am very clean but realistic about what is and is not a risk to my clients.
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