Sanitary Safety Practices
In the massage world sanitation is defined as the practice to safeguard the client’s health. The best practice is protections against the spread of disease is to keep everything clean and sanitary. Any item that comes in contact with a client must be clean and sanitary. From the therapist’s hands to to linens. The therapist’s hands should be washed wish antibacterial soap prior to and after a clients contact.
Quaternary Ammonium compounds have short disinfection time. To disinfect linens, you can add a 1/2 cup of bleach to the wash water. To sanitize object with a disinfectant solution we use a wet sanitizer. Alcohol, phenol(lusol) ammonia and chlorine bleach are disinfectants.
Sanitized implements are kept in a cabinet sanitizer. Why go to all this effort? Because disease is produced by bacteria that is pathogenic. The body’s defense against invasion of harmful bacteria is a healthy skin. The body’s natural ability to resist infection is called immunity. Diseased are transferred from one person to another are contagious viruses. Viruses are microscopic pathogenic agents which are capable of transmitting disease. The body builds up Antibodies which are proteins to immunize the body against antigens. Inflammation is a sign that the body is working to destroy harmful microorganisms.
All in the name of sanitary conditions and to not spread diseases from client to client in your practice.
