28-24-10

Kansas Administrative Regulation No. 28-24-10

Infection Control Regulations for Practitioners and Facilities

28-24-10 Disinfecting nonelectrical instruments and equipment.

1. Each licensee or apprentice shall disinfect each nonelectrical instrument or piece of equipment in the following manner before it is used on a consumer:
1. Clean the instrument or equipment with soap or detergent and with water;
2. rinse the instrument or equipment with clean water; and
3. use one of the following disinfection methods:
1. Totally immerse the instrument or equipment in an EPA-registered, hospital-grade disinfectant that has demonstrated bactericidal, fungicidal, and virucidal activity when used according to the manufacturer’s instructions and then rinse the instrument or equipment with clean water; or
2. totally immerse the instrument or equipment in bleach solution for 10 minutes and then rinse the instrument or equipment with clean water.
2. Each licensee or apprentice shall immediately disinfect each nonelectrical instru­ment or piece of equipment that has come in contact with blood or other body fluids. The instrument or equipment shall be disinfected in the following manner:
1. Clean with soap or detergent and with water;
2. rinse with clean water; and
3. totally immerse in an EPA-registered, hospital-grade disinfectant that has demonstrated bactericidal, fungicidal, virucidal, and tuber­ culocidal activity when used according to the manufacturer’s instructions and rinse with clean water.
3. Each licensee and apprentice shall ensure that the disinfectant solutions or bleach solution specified in subsections (a) and (b) are prepared, available for use, and covered at all times. EPA-registered disinfectants shall be changed at least once per week or more often if the solution becomes visibly cloudy or dirty. A bleach solution shall be prepared daily or more often if the solution becomes diluted or dirty.
4. For each disinfectant used as specified in subsections (a) and (b), one of the following shall be available at all times in the establishment or school and shall be provided upon request to the board of cosmetology or the board’s designee:
1. The manufacturer’s material safety data sheet (MSDS); or
2. the manufacturer-labeled container.
5. Each instrument that has been used on a consumer or soiled in any manner shall be placed in a properly labeled, covered receptacle until the instrument is disinfected.
6. All disinfected instruments shall be stored in a properly labeled, clean, enclosed cabinet or covered container reserved for clean instruments only.
7. The electrolysis instruments and equipment that are sterilized in accordance with K.A.R. 28-24-12 shall not be subject to the requirements of this regulation.