Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 331 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, HEALTH LICENSING OFFICE › Division 900 - BODY PIERCING › Section 331-900-0125 - Approved Sterilization Standards for Standard Body Piercing

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Needles must be
			 single use, used on one client, then properly disposed of in an approved sharps
			 container defined under OAR
			 331-900-0000.
(2) All non-sterilized or reusable
			 instruments that come in direct contact with a client's skin or are exposed to
			 blood or other potentially infectious materials must be cleaned and sterilized
			 before use on a client or re-use on another client.
(3) New gloves must be worn during any
			 cleaning or sterilization procedure.
(4) The cleaning and sterilization process
			 listed in subsection (5) of this rule is not required if single-use prepackaged
			 sterilized instruments, obtained from suppliers or manufacturers are used.
(5) Approved cleaning and
			 sterilization process for non-sterilized or reusable instruments includes the
			 following ordered method after each use:
(a)
			 Clean instruments by manually brushing or swabbing visible foreign matter and
			 rinsing the instruments with warm water and an appropriate detergent solution
			 to remove blood and other potentially infectious materials;
(b) Place instruments in an ultrasonic
			 cleaner filled with an appropriate ultrasonic solution including but not
			 limited to an enzymatic cleaner. The ultrasonic unit must be used according to
			 the manufacturer's instructions. The ultrasonic unit must operate at 40 to 60
			 kilohertz. The ultrasonic cleaner must remain covered when in use.
			 Self-contained instrument washers used to decontaminate instruments prior to
			 sterilization may be used in place of an ultrasonic cleaner and used according
			 to manufacturer instructions;
(c)
			 Remove instruments from the ultrasonic unit or self-contained instrument
			 washer. All instruments must be rinsed, air dried, and individually packaged in
			 sterilization pouches that include use of a color change indicator strip to
			 assure sufficient temperature during each sterilization cycle. The date the
			 sterilization was performed must be applied to the sterilization pouch; OR
			 instruments which are sterilized in an autoclave that do not require packaging
			 or use of a color change indicator strip must be sterilized after use on a
			 client, stored in a clean disinfected location and resterilized immediately
			 before performing a service on a client;
(d) Instruments must be sterilized by using
			 an autoclave sterilizer, steam, chemical or gas, registered and listed with the
			 FDA;
(e) A steam sterilization
			 integrator must be used to monitor the essential conditions of steam
			 sterilization for each autoclaved cycle. Results must be recorded in a log book
			 for each sterilization cycle. Each steam sterilization integrator must indicate
			 the date the sterilization cycle took place. Steam sterilization integrators
			 must be kept for a minimum of sixty days; and
(f) After sterilization, the sterilized
			 instruments must be stored in individually packaged sterilization pouches that
			 include a color change indicator strip listed under (5)(c) of this rule and in
			 a dry, disinfected, closed cabinet or other tightly-covered container reserved
			 for the storage of such instruments.