Disinfection & SafetyQuestion 20 of 100
An inspector watches a technician empty a pedicure tub, wipe it out with a paper towel, and refill it for the next client. Why is this a violation?
a.The tub should have been refilled with distilled water instead of tap water.
b.The technician used a paper towel instead of a clean cloth towel.
c.The tub must be dried with a fan before it can be refilled.
d.Wiping only removes what you can see; the basin was never scrubbed with soap and no EPA-registered disinfectant was ever circulated for the label contact time, so organisms in the screen, the jets and the plumbing are still alive.
Explanation
Draining and wiping is a cleaning step, not disinfection, so answer D describes the real problem: the pathogens most likely to infect the next client hide in the filter area and the water lines, which a towel never touches. The type of water (A) and the type of towel (B) are not what the rule addresses. Air drying is required after the disinfectant is drained, but a fan (C) is not a substitute for the disinfection step itself.
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