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Hygiene conditions in a piercing & tattoo studio should be at the same level as those in hospitals (although Croatian hospitals might not be the best example) i.e. to those in medical clinics. Due to the lack of legal regulation for the piercing profession, there are no officially prescribed conditions that studios must meet. This puts the client in a difficult position, as they must do their own research to understand what to look out for during a piercing procedure. Since 2020, Croatia has required all tattoo and piercing studio employees to complete a basic hygiene certification course.
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All instruments used during piercing must be single-use or sterile<\/strong>. Any non-disposable tools must be cleaned after each use (both manually and in an ultrasonic cleaner), disinfected, protected with an anti-corrosion agent (the same type used for surgical instruments), sealed in sterilization pouches, and then sterilized. After sterilization, the sealed instruments must be stored in a clean, dry environment, protected from contamination <\/strong>or damage to the packaging, and opened immediately before use on the client. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sterilization<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>is performed in an autoclave <\/a><\/em><\/strong>(steam sterilizer) under 2 bars of pressure, at a temperature of 134\u00b0C, for 30 minutes. This method of sterilization is the only one suitable for use in hospitals \u2014 and therefore also in professional tattoo and piercing studios. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Octopus, we use three autoclaves: two Class B autoclaves, model Kronos B23 by the Italian manufacturer Newmed<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (18L and 23L), and the Enbio S autoclave by the Swiss manufacturer Enbio Group AG<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.
Each sterilization cycle is monitored using indicators on the sterilization pouches\u2014if the process is successful, the indicator changes color from pink to brown. During the sterilization cycle, the Kronos autoclave prints a sterilization report, while with the Enbio autoclave, reports are stored in the device\u2019s internal memory.
In addition, we perform an annual validation of the autoclaves by sterilizing bacterial spores provided by the Andrija \u0160tampar Institute of Public Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Used needles are disposed of in specialized infectious waste containers, which are collected monthly by Remondis Medison<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, a company authorized for the disposal of infectious medical waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The piercing jewelry we use as initial is made of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n