Disinfection & SafetyQuestion 13 of 100
A disinfected brow tweezer slips out of the esthetician's hand and lands on the treatment room floor. What must be done?
a.Wipe it with a tissue and continue, since the floor was mopped that morning
b.Clean it with soap and water and disinfect it again before use
c.Spray it with alcohol and use it immediately
d.Return it to the covered clean-implement container
Explanation
A dropped implement is contaminated and must go back through the full process: clean with soap and water, rinse, dry, then immerse for the labeled contact time. A recently mopped floor is still not a clean surface. A quick alcohol spray does not provide a validated contact time, and placing a contaminated tool into the clean container contaminates every implement stored with it.
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