201. PREVENTING CONTAMINATION FROM PERSONNEL

201 PREVENTING CONTAMINATION FROM PERSONNEL (Critical Section) 201.1 Licensees shall ensure personnel encountering a biohazard or other health hazards report it immediately to the person-in-charge. 201.2 All licensees shall ensure licensed personnel: (a) Wear clean outer garments, maintain a high degree of personal cleanliness, and conform to hygienic practices while on duty; (b) Wash their hands, upon entering the work place, before and after performing any procedure on a client, before and after performing any cleaning, before and after eating, after using the restroom, and as often as necessary to remove contaminants; (c) Dry hands thoroughly with single use disposable paper towels or non-disposable laundered linens consistent with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Hand Washing Guidelines, as specified in § 102.1(d); (d) Don new latex, vinyl or hypoallergenic single-use disposable gloves when assembling equipment and supplies; and (e) Don new latex, vinyl or hypoallergenic single-use disposable gloves on both hands when touching, decontaminating, or handling a surface, object, or instrument that is soiled or that is potentially soiled with bodily fluids. 201.3 When a cosmetic procedure is interrupted, or immediately after gloves are torn or perforated, the licensee shall ensure personnel: (a) Remove and discard the gloves; (b) Wash and dry their hands as specified in § 201.2(b) and (c); and (c) Don a new pair of gloves, as specified in § 201.2(d) and (e). 201.4 Licensees shall ensure personnel use the following universal precautions for all cosmetic procedures: (a) Don new gloves for routine disinfecting procedures; (b) Move in such a manner as to avoid re-contamination of work surfaces; (c) Discard and remove disposable items from work areas after completing a cosmetic procedure on each customer; (d) Clean and disinfect work surface areas and all equipment prior to and in-between cosmetic procedure; (e) Dispose of single-use aprons after use on each customer; (f) Remove and discard gloves and wash hands; (g) Discard materials contaminated with bodily fluids immediately, or in accordance with § 204.2; (h) Clean and disinfect all reusable instruments, implements and equipment made of non-porous material including but not limited to manicure bowls, non-fixed pedicure bowls, marbles, stones, etc. after each use, as specified in §§ 203.5, 203.8, 205, 207, or 208; (i) Reusable instruments contaminated with blood or bodily fluids shall be decontaminated with: (1) Soap and warm water; (2) Rinse with clean water; (3) Disinfectant cleaner; and (4) Followed by an ultrasonic cleaner, steam autoclave or dry oven heat. (j) Apply 70% alcohol or hydrogen peroxide, bacitracin, and other antiseptics with single-use applicators. Applicators that have touched a customer shall not be used to retrieve antiseptics, iodine, etc. from any container; and (k) Use sterilized equipment, as specified in §§ 203.6 through 203.9, 205, 206, 207, and 208. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 013026 (December 10, 2021). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Barbering, Cosmetology, and Personal Grooming Facility Regulations 25-E DCMR § 201