Tattooing guidance
Tattooing procedure
Measures required, include:
- Consent forms (recommended photo ID)
- Medical questionnaire completed
- After care advice given (recommended in written form)
- Working surfaces- type/ability to clean, walls - washable and floors well sealed
- Procedures for cleaning working surfaces with a hypochlorite based solution or sanitiser
- Designated wash hand basin for operators use only
- Liquid dispensed soap
- Hot and cold running water
- Disposable paper towels and foot operated towel discard bin
- Suitable couch/chair(s) arm/leg rests with washable surfaces
- Disposable vinyl/nitrile gloves (latex should be avoided as they can cause latex allergy problems)
- Procedures for cleaning client’s skin e.g. Dettol/Isopropyl alcohol
- Trigger spray bottles clearly labelled and plastic covered (renewed between clients)
- Disposable razors for shaving skin
- Stencil application procedure
- Disposable single use spatulas for Vaseline application
- Pre-sterilized single use needles
- Pre-sterilized grips and tips (if not pouched, they should be stored in a clean sealed container and used quickly)
- Tattoo motors/clipcords covered with plastic, elastic bands used on tattoo motors (all renewed between clients)
- Disposable ink caps (new set for each client)
- Disposable tissue for wiping the skin
- Dressing/cling film for application after tattoo
- Sharps box and clinical waste contract
- Deep sink with hot and cold water for washing instruments
- Procedures for cleaning tips and grips (detergent and lumen brush, rinsed, put in ultrasonic bath and then autoclaved)
- Ultrasonic tank
- Autoclave sterilisation procedures and record/maintenance sheets (including daily/weekly checks, annual calibration for temperature and written scheme of examination under Pressure Systems Safety Regs)
- Body fluid spill kit (disposable aprons, gloves, cloths, plastic bags and hypochlorite based solution)
- First Aid
- Training
- Hepatitis B vaccinated