Standard Piercing Procedure

One of the more common questions I'm asked is How do you do the piercing? There is a set of steps that are taken for each piercing. A great deal of thought went into this, including measures to reduce the risk of cross-contamination. 

1. Piercer gives the piercee a pre-piercing consultation.
2. The piercer washes their hands with an antimicrobial soap and warm running water for 30 seconds.
3. The piercer & Piercee select jewelry.
4. The Piercer IDs the Piercee to ensure that the piercee is 18 years of age or older or has proper consent.
5. The client or the client's guardian fills out the Waiver.
6. The piercer then scrubs using a surgical scrub and warm running water.
7. The piercer disinfects the piercing set-up area with a hospital-grade hard surface cleaner.
8. The piercer lays out a moisture-resistant sterile drape, or dental bib.
9. The piercer places all the packaged sterile items on the towel.
10. The piercer dons a pair of fresh gloves.
11. The piercer unwraps the items needed for the procedure & drops them on the towel.
12. The piercer then disinfects the piercing area(skin of the piercee) with a surgical scrub.
13. The piercer cleans off the scrub after it has been in contact with the skin for at least 60 seconds.
14. The piercer marks the piercing with a single-use surgical marker
15. The piercer dons a pair of fresh gloves
16. The piercer performs the piercing. (If more than one piercing is done or additional tools/items are needed, the piercer dons fresh gloves)
17. The piercer dons a pair of fresh gloves for clean up.
18. The piercer places all contaminated items in their proper place.
19. The piercer washes hands with surgical scrub & warm running water.
20. The piercer disinfects the piercing set-up area with a hard surface cleaner
21. Lastly, the piercer fills out and reviews the aftercare instruction sheet.
22. The piercer then cleans the piercing area with a hard surface cleaner.