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0 • Only commercially manufactured inks, dyes, and pigments shall be used. Inks, pigments, soaps, and other products in multiple-use containers shall be dispensed in a manner to prevent contamination of the storage container and its remaining contents through the use of a single-use receptacle. Inks and pigments shall be placed into a clean, single-use receptacle. The inks and pigments remaining in the receptacle shall be discarded immediately upon completion of the procedure. Only single-use needles and needle bars shall be used in tattooing and the application of permanent cosmetics. Needles and needle bars that are purchased in a non- sterilized state, shall be sterilized, pursuant to the process required by Section 119315. Needles, needle bars, grommets, and razors shall be discarded into a sharps waste container immediately upon completion of the procedure. Any part of a tattooing machine that may be touched by the practitioner during the procedure shall be covered with a disposable plastic sheath that is discarded upon completion of the procedure, and the machine shall be decontaminated upon completion of the procedure. A machine used to insert pigments shall be designed with removable tip parts between the tip and motor housing, and in a manner that will prevent back-flow into enclosed parts of the motor housing. A hand tool used to insert pigment shall be disposed of in a sharps container, with the sharps intact, unless the needle can be mechanically ejected from the hand tool. F. Sharps Containers: Each procedure area shall have a container for the disposal of sharps waste that meets the following requirements: (1) The sharps waste container shall be portable, if portability is necessary to ensure that the sharps waste container is within arm's reach of the practitioner. (2) The sharps waste container shall be labeled with the words "sharps waste" or with the international biohazard symbol and the word "BIOHAZARD." (3)All sharps waste produced during the process of tattooing will be disposed by the following method: The Sharps mail-back system through Sharps Compliance, Inc. Sharps waste will be disposed of when the biohazard bins are full. G. Sharps Disposal: Needles, needle bars, grommets, single-use marking pens and razors shall be discarded into a sharps waste container immediately upon completion of the procedure. H: Medical waste mail-back system for disposal of sharps containers: Medical Waste Hauler: Sharps Compliance, Inc. Street Address: 1544 NE Loop City, State, Zip: Carthage, Texas 75633 I. Sterilization of Jewelry: No jewelry or piercing will occur at One Sixteen Tattoo.