Sanitation

Question 1

What are critical items?

Answer 1

Anything in direct contact with the wound. Gause, needles, jewelry, gloves, disinfectant wipes and tapers

Question 2

Do you reuse critical items?

Answer 2

NO!! All critical items are disposed of immediately.

Question 3

What is the most effective type of sterilization?

Answer 3

Dry heat but an autoclave is the second best option

Question 4

What is the very first sanitation thing you should do when setting up to pierce?

Answer 4

Wipe down the bed, trolley and any surfaces you will touch with cavi spray, wait 3-8 minutes to properly kill bacteria.

Question 5

What do you do once the trolley area is clean?

Answer 5

Set down fresh paper, and dental sheets for the area as well as your trolley, wrap your saline solution, handles, and bed if needed in contact tape.

Question 6

When setting up your cart what do you want on the top shelf?

Answer 6

Critical items, the jewelry, lube, disinfectant, needles, extra Gause that has been wet with saline solution, forceps or other tools and marking marker.

Question 7

What is on the second shelf of the cart?

Answer 7

Extra Gause, your saline solution, the marker will go here after as well, at least two ready to use pairs of sanitized gloves.

Question 8

What do you keep on the bottom shelf of the cart?

Answer 8

Client paperwork, jewelry packaging, extra supplies in case needed.

Question 9

What order is least effective to most effective in the hygiene pyramid when cleaning tools and the area?

Answer 9

Cleaning 1/5
Antiseptic 2/5
Sanitation 3/5
Disinfection 4/5
Sterilization 5/5

Question 10

What conditions are prone to secondary infection?

Answer 10

Diabetics, immunocompromised

Question 11

You should reject the client if they have the following conditions

Answer 11

Keloid scars, blood clotting disorders, cancer, pregnancy, herpes or cold sores

Question 12

The three types of scars are?

Answer 12

Keloid (scar tissue tumor), hypertrophic (raised scar but not outside of wound), atrophic (a depression in the skin where the scar is)

Question 13

What are the steps to disinfecting the area for a piercing

Answer 13

Wipe down the area they want pierced and a generous amount of the area around it with 75% alcohol, then benzocukonium cloride Loris 0.13% as well. If needed paint the area with iodine as well then mark.