Let us think about hand hygiene and nail scrub brushes.
Part of the Gov guidance for re-opening after lockdown, and also the Habia Code of Practice, recommends nail scrub brushes to be available at the hand wash basin with a recommendation that every client uses a clean one at the end of a hand washing protocol.
¿Por qué? ¿Es necesario?
Well, yes it is. It is part of medical hand cleansing before using disposable gloves. Also, every client should do this. It is very easy to search ‘pathogens under nails’ to put you off your sandwich! It’s horrific! So why should nail pros be the ones to dig around and clean out the rubbish under there? Also, many nail services can seal in the grime under the free edge.
The area is called the subungual region and is home to 100’s of thousands of bacteria and parasites! Eeeeekkkk! It is a perfect environment for pathogens to live and reproduce comfortably.
Just think about where fingers with their pockets as a home for bugs and the underside of enhanced nails have been: up noses, in ears, babies’ nappies, and on………. Why should you have to dig this out?? Some anti-bac liquid soap on a nail brush will remove the majority (but not all!)
También hay zonas en las paredes laterales que pueden albergar bacterias.
¿Cómo hacerlo fácil?
- los cepillos de plástico son muy baratos de comprar a semigranel
- tener un recipiente con cepillos limpios junto al lavabo
- tener un contenedor para los cepillos usados
- al final del día, con jabón líquido, frote 2 cepillos bajo el grifo para eliminar cualquier resto de suciedad
- sumergir en un buen desinfectante y dejar secar toda la noche
- place cleaned brushes in the ‘clean’ container
- tener una breve hoja de instrucciones para los clientes junto al lavabo con el consejo de no cepillarse demasiado fuerte, ya que esto puede romper el hiponiquio seal, cause another problem, and possibly even onycholysis
Hay muchos informes en Internet sobre lo que se encuentra debajo de las uñas, pero aquí hay una lectura rápida y fácil: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160622-what-lives-under-your-fingernails
Use nail scrub brushes! Don’t have to do the job of digging out goodness knows what!
