Update: Checked out that new med spa in Oak Park and their extraction tools were just sitting in a jar of cold water.

I was there for a consult yesterday and saw the tech leave a set of metal extractors in a plain glass jar on the counter, no sanitizer, just tap water. It was right next to the client chair, like it was a normal thing. I asked about their cleaning steps and she said they 'rinse them really well' between people. That's not even close to the 20-minute soak in hospital-grade disinfectant my shop uses. How do places get away with that? What's the worst cleaning shortcut you've seen another spot try?

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skyler5161d ago

Okay, "rinse them really well" is actually terrifying. I used to think a quick wipe with an alcohol pad was fine for some tools at home, but seeing what ACTUAL cross-contamination can do changed my mind completely. That's not a shortcut, that's playing with people's health. The worst I've seen was a place reusing those single-use plastic saliva ejectors, just spraying them out. It makes you wonder who's checking these places.

jade321d ago

Yeah, that's exactly why I switched to a proper autoclave for my tools, @skyler516. It's the only thing that actually kills everything.