Thinking about getting a tattoo? style
// Getting a tattoo is a serious decision, after all, not only is the ink going to be with you for the rest of your life, but it could also affect you for the rest of your life if the proper rules and regs aren’t followed.
This is a basic guide for what to look for when choosing a studio and a tattoo artist. Included are precautions meant to help prevent cross-contamination of blood-borne diseases from one client to the next.
Any studio you select should abide by these basic rules for your safety:
• Always insist on clean and sterile equipment. Only ultrasonically cleaned and freshly sterilized instruments should be used for tattooing. Ultrasonic units use ultrasonic waves to disintegrate ink debris, blood and plasma off tattoo instruments, ensuring superior uniform cleaning. The only acceptable means of sterilization is by an autoclave. The autoclave should be spore tested, at least, monthly to ensure that it is functioning properly. Any reputable studio should have no problem producing these test records upon request.
• Needles should be single-use only. Make sure your tattooist removes new needles and tubes from sealed autoclave bags in front of you. Autoclave bags have colour indicators to show that they have been sterilized in an autoclave
• Be certain that your tattooist pours fresh ink into new disposable ink caps. Under NO circumstances should ink that has been poured out or used, be poured back into ink bottles.
• All tattooists should wash their hands and put on a new pair of gloves when starting a tattoo. Make sure that any item that may be touched during the tattoo process is covered by plastic or barrier film, to avoid cross contamination. Cross contamination is the act of spreading potential pathogenic (disease- causing) organisms from one item or surface to another. Even if a tattooist has on new gloves but touches a cross contamination item or surface, you are then in danger of those pathogens being transferred to your freshly broken skin. The best way to prevent
cross contamination from one client to the next is by covering all surfaces that a tattooist might touch during the tattoo process with disposable plastic or barrier film. Items that should be covered include spray bottles, clip cords, lamps, knobs on power supplies and chair adjustments.
• Your tattooist should be clean in appearance and sober. The furnishings in a studio should also be clean and orderly in appearance. All containers, work stations, and floors should be made of hard non-porous materials so they can be cleaned with a hard surface
disinfectant.
• Never, ever let a non-professional attempt a tattoo and never use a tattoo kit from the internet to do your own.
If for any reason you feel uncomfortable or if a tattooist appears evasive when questioned - go elsewhere! This information is from
www.uktattoostudios.co.uk
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