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Page 2 of 7 7. Tables: All tables are sprayed down with a cide and allowed to soak for 3-5 minutes before being wiped off, before and after all tattoos and piercings are performed. 8. Tattoo machine and clip cords: All tattoo machines and clip cords are sprayed down with a cide and allowed to soak for 3-5 minutes before being wiped down, before and after all tattoos. 9. Reusable instruments, calipers, needle tubes, etc.,portable light fixtures or other: All reusable instruments, calipers, and needle tubes are immersed in a cide and allowed to soak for 3-5 minutes after each use or if their packaging/seal is ripped or opened and then sterilized again. Portable light fixtures are sprayed with a cide and allowed to soak for three to five minutes before being wiped down at least once daily 10. Permanent cosmetic machine: we do not perform any cosmetic tattooing therefore we do not own any cosmetic tattoo equipment. B. Reusable Instruments or Disposable: Describe the procedures used for decontaminating, sterilizing, packaging and storing of reusable instruments. Include the procedures for labeling of sterilized peel- packs. Indicate whether the body art facility uses all pre-sterilized, single use and disposable instruments. Describe the record keeping logs and procedure logs maintained on-site when using 100% pre sterilized, single use and disposable instruments. 1. Needle tubes: Most needle tubes are single use and pre-sterilized. Once a pre-sterilized needle tube has been used it is thrown away. All invoices from ordering pre-sterilized needle tubes and needles are kept on site. The backs of all of the peel packs for pre-sterilized needle tubes and tattoo needles are attached to the back of the release form after it has been filled out. Every release form is held on site for at least ninety days and then taken to an off site storage location. Needle tubes that are reusable are submerged in a cide and allowed to soak for 3-5 minutes before being placed in an ultrasonic machine after each tattoo. The tubes will run a cycle for a minimum of 60 minutes in the ultra sonic machine in a solution such as cross-zyme. After the cycle in the ultra sonic, the tubes are manually washed with a mixture of soap and water and then allowed to air dry. After the tubes are completely dried,they are individually packaged and labeled with the date, persons initials that prepared them,the load number and then put into the autoclave for sterilization. Reusable sterilized tubes are stored in sealable/closing plastic containers in or near the workstation but kept away from the cleaning room. 2. Calipers: The calipers used at this facility are reusable. After each use, all calipers are soaked in a cide for 3-5 minutes. After the soaking is complete,the calipers are manually washed with a mixture of soap and water. After the washing is complete the calipers are rinsed thoroughly and then allowed to air dry. Once the calipers are completely dried,they are individually packaged and labeled with the date, persons initials that prepared them,the load number and then put into the autoclave for sterilization. Reusable sterilized calipers are stored in sealable/closing plastic containers in or near the workstation but kept away from the cleaning room. 3. Other instruments: Other instruments include forceps, hemostats, ring opening pliers, ring closing pliers, and micro dermal forceps. . After each use, all of these instruments are soaked in a cide for 3-5 minutes. After the soaking is complete, the instruments are manually washed with a mixture of soap and water. After the washing is complete the instruments are rinsed thoroughly and then allowed to air dry. Once the instruments are completely dried, they are individually packaged and labeled with the date, persons initials that prepared them,the load number and then put into the autoclave for sterilization. Reusable sterilized instruments are stored in sealable/closing plastic containers in or near the 1/22/2013