With consumer safety being a top priority, more businesses are now turning to autoclaves to sterilize their non-disposable equipment. Tattoo shops, body piercing studios, and even nail salons are now turning to medical grade autoclaves to ensure the safety of their customers. Although state regulations differ, customers across the nation are becoming more informed, causing the businesses to continually adapt to create the safest environment possible.

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Autoclaves Expanding Beyond the
Medical Field
With consumer safety being a top priority, more businesses are now turning to
autoclaves to sterilize their non-disposable equipment. Tattoo shops, body piercing
studios, and even nail salons are now turning to medical grade autoclaves to
ensure the safety of their customers. Although state regulations differ, customers
across the nation are becoming more informed, causing the businesses to
continually adapt to create the safest environment possible.
The state of Pennsylvania, for example, has only one law pertaining to
tattooing; it is illegal to perform any type of body art on a minor without
parental consent. Outside of this, there are no regulations concerning
the cleanliness of the shop, or the devices being used. As more
consumers are contracting infections due to unsanitary conditions,
lawmakers are attempting to put some regulation or licensing
requirements in place. In the meantime, it is up to the tattoo shop owner
to maintain a safe business, and for consumers to be well educated
before having any work done.
To create a safe business and keep up with customer demands, many
tattoo parlors are purchasing medical grade autoclaves to ensure
sterility of all non-disposable instruments. Gloves and needles should
always be sterile and opened from the sterilized packaging they arrive
in. However, some tools including tips and tubes that are made of
stainless steel should be sterilized between each use to avoid the risk of
spreading diseases such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C and even MRSA.
Another example, Boston based company MiniLuxe has brought the
autoclave into the nail salon business. Although also not required by
regulations, the company is attempting to make safety their number one
priority. Much like those now found in the tattooing business, MiniLuxe
has a medical grade autoclave at every location to adequately sterilize
all reusable equipment and tools. The idea of having safety as the
forefront in their businesses seems to be catching on, having already
opened eight locations equipped with autoclaves.
As with any autoclave application, having the correct data to support the sterility is very important. The easiest way to
do this while keeping accurate and reliable records is by using a data logger designed for steam sterilization cycles.
The combination of MadgeTech steam sterilization data loggers and the MadgeTech 4 Data Logger Software
creates ideal, easy to read reports and stored data to keeps records of all sterilization cycles.
As companies are forced to keep up with the growing customer demands for safety, autoclaves are becoming more
popular outside of the medical field. It can be expected that regulations will soon catch up to consumer demands and
validated sterilization cycles will become commonplace in the body modification and nail salon markets.