INFORMATION

We pride ourselves on keeping a very safe and clean environment at the Wichita Piercing Company. This means we have clear standards for all guests at our studio. It is important to read through the below information so you can come prepared to your piercing appointment and help us keep our studio clean and safe for all.

We can’t wait to see you at your upcoming appointment. If you have any questions about what to expect at your appointment please feel free to call us directly.

“Clean sterile environment, friendly, knowledgeable staff."

Brandi Schofield

WHAT WE EXPECT FROM VISITORS:

  • Bring valid photo identification, even if you are clearly over the age

  • Be completely sober - we have the right to refuse service if you are intoxicated

  • Be bathed with hair trimmed or tied back (where applicable)

  • Have eaten within 4 hours - so we do not face any medical emergencies

  • If possible, avoid taking aspirin or other blood thinners

  • Have addressed potential health issues, e.g., similar to visiting a healthcare practice and listing out key health issues that need to be addressed before piercing.

STUDIO ETIQUETTE

At the counter:

  • Don’t touch or handle your piercings (even if they are healed) or jewelry as this can easily spread germs to the studio’s common areas, endangering staff and fellow guests.

  • Please bring your preciously worn jewelry in a baggie or other sealed container. Please never place used jewelry on the counter.

 In the Restroom:

  • Dont handle your piercings or jewelry this is due to contamination and the spread of germs throughout our studio.

  • It is never appropriate to insert your jewelry in the restroom or other areas throughout the studio. If you want to have your jewelry changed, it will need to be done by a staff member of Wichita Piercing Company in one of the piercing rooms.

In the Piercing room:

  • We ask for your cell phones to be turned off. The piercer will let you know where it is clean and safe to place your belongings, please ask before placing your belongings into an area that needs to remain sterile and clean.

  • We do allow you to take pictures but please have flash turned off as large flash can be distracting for the piercer, and we are wanting to keep our environment as safe as possible.

Infection Control Techniques

We want to keep it safe and simple: 

All checked in, Jewelry Picked out, Integrator initialed and now you are waiting for your name to be called. 

Here is what we are up to while you wait:    

First, we pull your selection from our back stock of jewelry and inspect it to make sure everything is perfect along with your brand-new piercing needles, and any other utensils that we may need to perform your piercing.  These things are then placed into our statim autoclave in a small tray designed for sterilization along with the integrator (pass/fail tag that you initialed).  The integrator measures the temperature, pressure, and amount of time that has passed in the autoclave.  The integrator lets our piercers and you know that the autoclave worked to sterilize everything properly. 

The non-porous surfaces that you come into contact that are either too big or not suitable for autoclaving have to be taken care of too.  We use optim33-tb to disinfect these things, such as beds, client seating, counters, sinks ect.  These surfaces are wiped between every client interaction or extended periods of idle time not in use.

Piercing needles:

Everyone is always wondering about the needle.  Each piercing that you receive from ECP is performed with a brand-new out of manufacturer packaging needle.  We remove each needle from its manufacturer packaging and sterilize it along with your jewelry, just to make sure it's up to our standards.  After a needle is used once it is carefully disposed of into an approved sharps container where it remains until a biological waste specialist picks it up from our studio.   

For some procedures we may need an extra tool or utensil, these utensils are either disposable or processed in our Hydrim the Hydrim is a self-contained automated instrument washer.   Any re-usable utinsil is first soaked in a bath of enzymatic solution and rinsed after to remove any residual biological material.  After the utinsils have been processed in the Hydrim they are first inspected, packaged and bulk sterilized for storage.  All of this happens in its own isolated room to prevent contaminating the rest of the studio.

If you still have questions please feel free to give us a call and chat with one of our Wichita Piercing Company Team Members.