Patent ID: 8083991

Claim:
A method for decontaminating a beauty center comprising: a. using a sterilization center with connected components for decontaminating soiled non-disposable beauty tools, wherein the use of the sterilization center comprises in order: i. storing soiled non-disposable beauty tools in a dedicated space; ii. removing particles from the soiled non-disposable beauty tools by performing a step of: (a) removal of macro-particles from the soiled non-disposable beauty tools by mechanical scrubbing; iii. rinsing the cleaned non-disposable beauty tools with water to form cleaned and rinsed beauty tools; iv. drying the cleaned and rinsed beauty tools to form dried beauty tools; v. enclosing the dried beauty tools in sterilization material to form enclosed dried beauty tools; vi. removing viral, bacterial and fungal microorganisms from the enclosed dried beauty tools by treating the enclosed dried beauty tools in a sterilization treatment unit to form sterilized beauty tools; and vii. storing the sterilized beauty tools in a dedicated space; b. using disposable beauty tools in conjunction with the non-disposable beauty tools in the beauty center; c. using a protocol prohibiting “double dipping” with products in the beauty center; d. using a disinfectant to disinfect surfaces contacted with customers in the beauty center; e. using a deep-cleaning agent to reduce or eliminate biofilm generated during procedures performed in the beauty center; and f. wherein during (ii), a step of removal and loosening of macro and micro-particles from soiled non-disposable beauty tools using an ultrasonic debris-removal unit is performed directly prior to step (a), or directly after step (a).