Personal Appearance Service Audit Report

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Background2

Personal Appearance Service Audit5

Public Health Act 2003- Infection Control for Personal Appearance Services5

Child Protection Act 1999 and Summary Offences Act 20056

Queensland Development Code Higher Risk Personal Appearance Standard Mandatory Part Number 5.26

Guidelines for Infection Control in Personal Appearance Service 20047

Guideline - 1 Standard Infection Control Precautions7

Guideline 2 -Environmental Cleaning and Waste Disposal7

Guideline 4 - Skin Penetration Procedures8

Guideline 5 - Sterilizing Instruments8

Guideline 6 - Body Piercing and Tattooing8

Recommendations9

Conclusion9

References11

Personal Appearance Service Audit Report

Introduction

The personal appearance services that involve a direct contact with the skin and penetrate into the skin of the human beings can cause diseases that are carried through the blood of the person. In order to minimize the risk of infections and prevalence of disease, there is a legislation council that is responsible for the proper licensing of the business operating in higher risk procedures of personal appearance series. The legislation is related to the Public Health Act of 2003 that includes Control of Infection during personal Appearance Services providing in the Guidelines of Infection Control provided by Queensland Development law. It is included in the Code number 5.2 that prevents people from the risks of Personal Appearances Services of severe risk (Public Health Act, 2003). The central function of the public health appearance service legislation is to lessen the risk and the possibility of the infections that are caused by the undertaking of higher risk activities in the personal appearance services industry. The requirement of the act is to provide license of personal appearance service to a person who is involved in providing higher risk service procedures to customers, and the specific requirement is that the person must hold a professional and certified qualification of infection control.

The best practices of personal appearance series include obtaining of a license of higher risk personal appearance service provider. The license should be present at the premise where there is a facility of the personal appearance services of greater risk. The license needs to be displayed at the premise. The facility should provide a copy of the guidelines of the infection control. The premises are required to comply with the QLD. The equipments, instruments and tools for the servicing of customers should be in excellent conditions and are repaired and maintained regularly. The premise also needs to meet the local requirements and conditions (Public Health Act, 2003). The operator is required to obtain the training of the HLTIN402B that requires the maintenance of infection control standards within the office practice settings of higher risk procedures providing businesses. This paper analyses and synthesizes the procedures of an existing facility of personal appearance services. The premise facility that was visited for the purpose of the identification of the personal appearance services and the compliance of the procedures with the legislation is the STR Body Modifications. The facility was visited on October 10, 2004. The premise is located in the 2a Alison Road, Wyong, Queensland. The person who was involved in the discussion regarding the practices of the premise is ...