Quartz sterilizers for instruments

Today, in each salon there is a sterilizer, designed for disinfecting and disinfecting instruments for their further use. Then the risk of infection and getting inflammation after carrying out any procedure will be reduced to zero. In their work, the masters of nail service prefer quartz sterilizer for its compactness and convenience. About him and other types of sterilization and will be discussed below.

What are sterilizers in salons for?

Manicure is a process that is not only very complicated and requires attentiveness, but also responsible. Failure to follow the basic rules of safety and hygiene can be quite unpleasant consequences. For example, after performing the necessary procedures, all the tools of the master must be thoroughly cleaned.

Processing of materials consists of the following steps:

1. Disinfection - a set of activities aimed at the destruction of microbes - the causative agents of various diseases.
2. Presterilizing cleaning - mechanical cleaning of the surfaces of supplies from plaque, protein deposits, chemicals.
3. Sterilization is a procedure that involves the complete destruction of pathogenic bacteria, fungi and spores, provoking inflammation and skin infections.

Disinfect instruments simultaneously with mechanical cleaning. First, the materials are treated with a soft cloth or a cloth moistened with a special disinfectant. Then the instruments are immersed for a certain period in the solution, dried thoroughly and started to be sterilized in sterilizers.

Types of sterilizers and their purpose

There are several types of sterilizers, differing from each other in price, size, duration of work and efficiency. Depending on these characteristics, sterilizers are used in medicine and in cosmetology. So, the owners of beauty salons and clinics estimate the volume of instruments that need to be regularly sterilized and, on this basis, they acquire one or another device for their organization:

1. Steam sterilizeror autoclave is the most efficient and at the same time difficult to use sterilizer. The principle of its action consists in processing materials with hot steam under low pressure. Usually the process takes about an hour, but guarantees complete destruction of pathogenic microorganisms.
2. Dry Heat Sterilizer - the mechanism of his work is similar to a conventional oven, where we usually cook pastries. Only in this case, tools are unloaded onto the grille and for a long time (1.5-2 hours depending on the set temperature) they are processed with dry hot air.
3. Quartz, or glossper sterilizer - more compact than an autoclave or a dry-heat oven, but designed for smaller instruments. Usually it is on him that the manicure and pedicure masters stop their choice.
4. UV Sterilizers - under the influence of ultraviolet rays also occurs the removal of microorganisms, but only partial. The fact is that viruses and spores, as well as many types of fungi, calmly tolerate this type of sterilization. Therefore, in ultraviolet devices it is best to only store instruments after their main disinfection by other means.in a way.

What are good quartz models

Quartz sterilizer is also called ball or glossperin. It is used to clean small medical and cosmetic instruments. from metal. As a rule, the sterilizer itself is a plastic container, the inside of which is made of heat-resistant metal.

Quartz balls are poured inside the metal bulb. From here, by the way, the second name of the device went - glasperlenovy, because from German “glasperlen” is translated as “glass ball”. It is noteworthy that during operation the plastic body of the sterilizer does not overheat, which is quite convenient when it is used repeatedly during the day. Inside the temperature reaches 180-200 ° C and a similar high temperature range ensures complete disinfection of items in the tank. The glass beads themselves are heated to 250 ° C.

A significant advantage of the sterilizer is its speed. The time of heating the balls to the limiting temperature is 15-20 minutes.

In the base model of the sterilizer there are two light indicators. If the red light is on, it means that the work process is started, if it is green, the device is in the warm-up mode.

Keep sterilized objects in the tank need no more than 20 seconds. This time, under the condition of complete heating of the device to the maximum temperature, is enough to kill all germs, fungi and viruses. Such a short sterilization cycle makes it possible to use it continuously in work, which is especially valuable for a heavily loaded manicurist.

Before starting work, it is very important to thoroughly sanitize the tools and allow them to dry on a clean, dry cloth. After all, masters most often deal with metal accessories, and if they are placed in a sterilizer wet, corrosion can occur.

The disadvantages of this type of device include its small volume. Often, tools can be immersed only in half. In some cases this is enough; in others, sterilization has to be performed in two stages.

Chemical sterilization

Another effective method of sterilization is to immerse instruments in a solution of special disinfecting chemicals, such as alaminol and gigasept. However, often the effect of chemical solutions negatively affects the state of the instruments. Before use, carefully read the instructions for disinfectant preparations and follow the indicated dosages and time of exposure.tools.