Preparation/Sterilisation and Disinfection

The Treatment Room

The correct set up of a treatment room is an indication of your professionalism and dedication to your client’s comfort. Ensure your room is clean, tidy, well ventilated and with adequate lighting. All floors should be clean and free from risks and hazards.

Your working area should be organised so that all tools, equipment and products are within easy reach.

Reusable equipment used in the application process should be sanitised correctly before and after every client to avoid cross contamination. 

Disposable equipment is exactly that – all disposable items must be thrown away after each treatment.  The exception is appropriate equipment used on a client that may be given to that client only for his or her own use.

It is every technician’s responsibility to follow safe and approved hygiene methods to ensure the safety of both yourself and your clients.

Sterilisation and disinfection are methods of making an object free from contamination. Depending on the purpose of decontamination, either disinfection or sterilisation can be used.

Sterilisation

Sterilisation is a treatment that frees the treated object of all living organisms. It can be achieved by exposure to physical or chemical agents and in case of certain solutions, by filtration. Physical methods include heat, radiation and filtration. Chemical methods involved in sterilisation include using liquid and gaseous chemicals. Sometimes a physio-chemical method which is a combination of physical and chemical method is used. Different sterilisation methods commonly used include steam sterilisation, heating, chemical sterilisation, radiation sterilisation and sterile filtration.

Disinfection

Disinfection only reduces the number of micro-organisms and does not completely eliminate them. 

Disinfection is carried out with the use of disinfectants. Disinfectants are of two types – broad spectrum which acts over a large variety of micro-organisms; and narrow spectrum which acts on a small variety of micro-organisms and are easy to use, non-toxic and comparatively inexpensive. 

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Health and Safety

Health and Safety is very important, and it is advisable to have a saline solution or water to use for an eye wash if an accident occurs.  Make sure you record on an Accident Form any mishaps that occur and issue the correct aftercare advice. Refer to your Insurer for the appropriate form/details to be recorded.

If any Henna product enters the eye, flush through immediately and if there is still irritation stop the treatment.  Prolonged irritation may require medical advice.

Once the Client Arrives

The client should be made to feel welcome at your salon or place of work. Ensure that the client is happy with their surroundings and the temperature and that they are comfortable once on the couch

Completion of the Client’s Record Card

The client’s Record Card should be completed or updated with every visit.

The record card holds information such as the client’s name, contact details, date of birth, doctor’s surgery, patch test date and medical conditions. The same card can be used to record all of the client’s visits, the date they visited, the treatment undertaken, the eyebrow extensions used together with any problems or concerns raised by the client.

Even though the procedure will have been explained to the client at the consultation stage, it is good practice to reiterate to the client the details of the procedure and the estimated time it is likely to take.

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Preparation

Preparation is the key to enabling you to undertake the Henna Brow procedure quickly and correctly.

It is better to ask your client to relax throughout the treatment.  If they talk too much it moves the facial muscles and can become difficult to apply the Henna products with precision.