Thanks for the information Barbara … and once again this shows how the AEA shines and has gotten this amazingly correct! (Readers need to know that the CDC … US Centers for Disease Control … was instrumental in designing electrology rules. So these are “stellar.”)
I usually review all my procedures at least once per year. I sometimes get lazy, because Dr. C’s nurse often does the sterilization for me. (I hate doing the “log-in” paperwork each time, and sometimes forget.)
For clients reading all this information (and it’s lengthy), you only need to focus on a few key items. You want to see hand washing, gloves (worn properly: not worn the whole day and after taking breaks, eating and using the toilet!), a new sterile disposable needle (if the electrologist is using single-needle) and a sterile tweezer in a steri-bag.
If your “zaparrini” (that’s Italian) gets these few details right, you are more than 95% safe. And certainly safe from any serious pathogen. These are the “big issues” and the client, simply knowing what to look for, can easily verify these procedures. If you watch closely, and know what to look for, you don’t have to ask any “uncomfortable” questions … just observe.
Again, THANKS for the information Barbara! AEA? Really, it’s the ONLY “show in town!” Oh, by the way, your autoclave or dry heat is a great place to warm up your “pastrami sub.”
JUST KIDDIN’ tee hee!