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0000Revision of the Health guidelines for personal care and body art industriesSummary of key changesBackgroundThe Health guidelines for personal care and body art industries were released in 2004 and have not been reviewed since then. The guidelines are widely used by the sector, especially Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) to provide advice regarding infection control precautions required for these industries.The revised document has been drafted to ensure compliance with the current Public Health and Wellbeing Act (2008) and Regulations (2009) as well as inclusion of more recent and emerging hair, beauty therapy and skin penetration procedures and current best practice infection control recommendations.The major changes to the document include the following.The name of the document has been changed to Infection prevention and control guidelines for hair, beauty and skin penetration industries to better reflect the content and intent of the guidelines.The document has been restructured to group information provided under particular relevant topics. Each section is outlined in further detail below.There is now a separate section with information about the general principles of infection prevention and control. Further procedure specific information, such as decontamination requirements, is provided separately.Hair, beauty and skin penetration procedures have been updated to include newer practices.Appendices, such as audit tools or fact sheets, will no longer form part of the guidelines. These types of additional or supplementary documents will be drafted and/or updated as required and made available separately on the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) website.The guidelines will only be provided as a downloadable electronic version on the DHHS website. Hard copies will no longer be available.The guidelines have been divided into five parts. Information provided in each section is outlined below.Part A: Registering premisesThis section provides information regarding:which businesses are required to register with the local council, and the type of registration the business may be eligible for, i.e., on-going or ‘once-off’ registrationrequirements, outlined in the Regulations, that proprietors or occupiers of premises must comply with while conducting their businessother legislation that is relevant to the hair, beauty and skin penetration industries, e.g. the Summary Offences Act 1966premises requirements such as hand hygiene facilities, equipment reprocessing areas and record keeping.Part B: Principles of infection prevention and controlThis section provides information on how infections are spread and the general principles of infection prevention and control. These principles, usually referred to as ‘standard precautions’, are explained in further detail under the following topics:hand hygienethe use of personal protective equipment (PPE)the safe use and disposal of sharpsaseptic “non-touch” techniqueappropriate handling and dispensing of productsappropriate handling of linenwaste managementroutine environmental cleaningreprocessing of reusable instruments and equipment.Part C: Procedure-specific requirementsThis section provides information about particular hair, beauty and skin penetration procedures and specific health information relevant to the procedure(s). The types of procedures included have been updated to include more recently developed procedures or practices. Decontamination requirements for equipment used are also provided in this section. Procedure-specific information is provided under the following general headings.Hairdressing and barberingFacials and cosmetic application (including spray tanning)Eyelash extensions and tintingHair removalLaser and intense pulsed lightManicure, pedicure and nail treatmentsMicrodermabrasion and dermal-rollingTattooing (including cosmetic tattooing)Body piercing and other forms of body modificationColonic irrigationPart D: Occupational health and safetyThis section provides general information regarding occupational health and safety requirements for hair, beauty and skin penetration industries, as well as, advice for the management of blood and body fluid exposures.Part E: GlossaryThe definitions of terms used throughout the guidelines. ................
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