Prior To Re-Opening Checklist
Reception and Retail Area:
- Discard old magazines and other non-essential items in the waiting area that cannot be disinfected
- Wipe down all soft surfaces (couches, chairs) with water and a clean towel
- Remember that these soft surfaces cannot be disinfected
- Clean and disinfect all hard, non-porous surfaces such as reception counter, computer keyboard, phones, door handles, light switches and point of sale equipment
- Make sure to follow contact time for all surfaces
- Consider online scheduling in place of written appointment cards
- Clean and disinfect all shelving, glass and display cases; keep product containers clean and dust free
- Place signage in window to notify clients of your diligence in practicing proper infection control
Work Stations
- Clean and disinfect all non-porous implements used in your services, as required by all states (immersion, spray or wipe)
- Store properly disinfected implements in closed, containers that have also been disinfected (wipe or spray)
- Clean and disinfect all electrical implements used in your services as required by all states
- Clean and disinfect chairs and headrests
- Remember that porous materials cannot be disinfected and ongoing use of disinfectants on materials covering chairs, can damage the material
- On initial opening, feel free to disinfect your chairs, but limit that to once daily – consider barrier methods on chairs such as disposable paper drapes or towels that can be laundered after each client
- Clean and disinfect station, rolling carts, drawers and any containers used for storage
- Ensure that single use (porous items) are new
- All items on a nail station must either be new, never used or cleaned and disinfected (stored in a closed container until ready to use)
Treatment Rooms
- Clean and disinfect any appliances used
- Clean and disinfect treatment tables
- Remember that porous materials cannot be disinfected and ongoing use of disinfectants on materials covering tables can damage the material – consider barrier methods on chairs such as disposable paper drapes or towels that can be laundered after each client
- Ensure that all product to be used has not been contaminated by improper removal of product prior to closure
- Ensure all single use items are new
- Empty wax pots, completely clean and disinfect – refill with new wax
- Ensure that multi-use product containers have adequate single use applicators available to safely remove product without contaminating remaining product
Restroom
- Clean and disinfect all surfaces
- Replace any soft goods (toilet paper, paper towels)
- Consider upgrading to touchless faucets, soap and paper towel dispensers
- Consider adding touchless, automatic hand sanitizer dispensers
- Place a trash container near door
- Remove any products that do not belong in the restroom – nothing should be stored in a restroom
Laundry
- Any linens that may have be left in the salon (clean or dirty) prior to the closure, should be washed per the rules of your state
- If no rules exist about laundry, wash on hot with detergent and dry until “hot to the touch”
- There should be no moisture or dampness in any linen
- Launder (porous) or disinfect (non-porous) all capes
- All linens should be stored in closed, covered cabinets until used
Shampoo Bowls
- Clean all bowls, handles, hoses, spray nozzles and shampoo chairs
- Disinfect all bowls, handles, hoses, spray nozzles and shampoo chairs observing full contact time with a properly concentrated disinfectant or wipe
- Pedicure Bowls
- Remove all parts that can be removed from bowl
- Clean and disinfect removed parts by immersing for full contact time in properly diluted disinfectant
- Scrub bowl with soap/water or detergent
- Return removable parts to bowl
- Rinse bowl with clean water
- Disinfect the bowl – fill bowl with water and add proper amount of BARBICIDE® or Spacide to achieve the correct concentration
- If your bowl has jets, turn on and let disinfectant solution circulate for 10 full minutes
- If your bowl does not have jets, simply let it sit for the full ten minutes
- Empty water after 10 minutes is complete and allow to air dry
- Ensure all multi use materials that may have been contaminated by improper removal prior to closure are replaced – such as lotions, scrubs
- Ensure that all single use materials are new – such as files, pumice and buffers
