Standard Piercing Procedure
One of the more common question I'm asked is how do you do the piercing? There is a set of steps that are taken for each piercing. There is a lot of thought that went into this, including reducing the chances of cross contamination.Â
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- Piercer gives the piercee a pre-piercing consultation.
- The piercer washes hands with an anti-bacterial soap, warm running water for 30 seconds.
- The piercer & Piercee select jewelry.
- The Piercer IDs the Piercee to insure that the piercee is 18 years of age or old or has proper consent.
- The piercer reads & reviews the release form with the piercee.
- The piercee then fills out & signs the release form.
- The piercer then scrubs using a surgical scrub and warm running water.
- The piercer disinfects the piercing set up area with a hospital grade hard surface cleaner.
- The piercer lays out a moisture residant towel, drape or dental bib.
- The piercer places all the packaged sterile items on the towel.
- The piercer dons a pair of fresh gloves.
- The piercer unwraps the items need for the procedure & drops them on the towel.
- The piercer then disinfects the piercing area(skin of the piercee) with a surgical scrub.
- The piercer cleans off the scrub after has been in contact with the skin for at least 60 seconds.
- The piercer marks the piercing.
- The piercer preforms the piercing.
- The piercer places all contaminated items in their proper place.
- The piercer Washes hands with surgical scrub & warm running water.
- The piercer disinfects the piercing set up area with a hard surface cleaner
- Lastly the piercer fills out and reviews the aftercare instruction sheet.
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