Dear all,
Please be kind - I am not fully trained yet.
I was reading with interest the nail hygiene/ sterilisation thread which was talking about protecting clients and yourself which makes perfect sense. My question is if you as the therapist have a skin condition do you still work with gloves and proper hygiene measures in place or are you unable to?
Reason I ask is that with two small children the potential for them passing grot from nursery/ school to me is high - and I am very strict with hygiene. But for example they already gave me nits - and I noticed my daughters friend had some warts on her hand the other day. I’m all about hand washing/ hygiene etc but even with this it’s not impossible I won’t catch something spreadable. Do you just not work if this happens - obviously not with nits - but what about longer term skin conditions? Can you work with gloves etc or would it be very poor practice / affect insurance. For example, if a beautician gets coldsores etc which I don’t have but I think are common- do they continue with care or take time out?
As I said if this is glaringly obvious to you all and I’m being thick pls be kind in your responses.
Please be kind - I am not fully trained yet.
I was reading with interest the nail hygiene/ sterilisation thread which was talking about protecting clients and yourself which makes perfect sense. My question is if you as the therapist have a skin condition do you still work with gloves and proper hygiene measures in place or are you unable to?
Reason I ask is that with two small children the potential for them passing grot from nursery/ school to me is high - and I am very strict with hygiene. But for example they already gave me nits - and I noticed my daughters friend had some warts on her hand the other day. I’m all about hand washing/ hygiene etc but even with this it’s not impossible I won’t catch something spreadable. Do you just not work if this happens - obviously not with nits - but what about longer term skin conditions? Can you work with gloves etc or would it be very poor practice / affect insurance. For example, if a beautician gets coldsores etc which I don’t have but I think are common- do they continue with care or take time out?
As I said if this is glaringly obvious to you all and I’m being thick pls be kind in your responses.