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Late Breaking News:
Risk of Infection During
Pedicures / Health News & Information with Deborah "Doc"
Watson
2007-08-20 06:00 pm
Click here to listen to the interview!
For Immediate Release ....October
22, 2007, Contact: Michael
Fickel, 512-463-3208
The Largest Fine, $250,000 in Texas's
recorded history to a Beauty School for selling Nail Tech
/Cosmetology Licenses to "fake" students around the United
States
Click Here
October 16, 2007
MRSA (Staph) Infections
May Surpass AIDs Deaths
Comment: (DR. Spalding, "
which means all nail salons must take more
precautions and clients should make legislators
state adopt autoclave/ sterilization").
Click Here for story 1
Click here for story 2
Aug 8, 2006 7:30 pm US/Pacific
Lawsuit: South Bay Salon Gave
Deadly Pedicure
Click here, to read and view the video news:
Mother Blames
Pedicure For Daughter's Death
Lawsuit
claims woman developed bacterial
infection from whirlpool
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14253065/
TDLR Investigators Inspect Eight Beaumont
Salons - Evidence Showing Apparent Health
and Safety Violations Leads to Sweep
July 2007
Investigators from the Texas Department of
Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) conducted
unannounced investigations at eight nail
salons in Beaumont Wednesday morning after
receiving evidence that all eight salons had
serious sanitation violations. One was
Regal Nails part of the largest chain of
nail salons in WALMARTs around the United
States.
read the full story here
Whirlpool Disinfection Regulation Panel
Recommendations
State of California Consumer Affairs
Recommendations of the Working Group On
Footspa Safety
Whirlpool Disinfection Study
Whirlpool Disinfection Protocol
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For more on the dangers, and
the industry, be sure to pick up your copy of:
Death By Pedicure
Dr. Bob Spalding
is a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine with a degree
from The New York College of Podiatric
Medicine. The Area Podiatry Centers were
started in 1998 by Dr. Spalding. Dr.
Spalding also manufactures many foot care
product lines. The Area
Podiatry Centers currently operate at four
locations and provides general foot surgery and
podiatric medical problems such as heel pain,
nail fungus, and painful corns
with an intense specialty
in injuries from nail salons to include artificial
nails, foot infections, dermatitis, nail fungus,
and allergic reactions (see links below).
I have been trying to change the US national
nail salon market for nearly 10 years and
find that most of the nail related injuries
are preventable. Some injuries are
directly related to poor product design.
Most are due to poor disinfection habits,
poor and absent
training, or incorrect artificial nail application and removal technique.
I have written extensively, been
interviewed on radio and TV multiple times, have published news articles
and lectured on this subject for many years.
I am starting the first US survey,
www.Nailsaloninfectionsurvey.com
to find
out to finally find out how many injuries
are caused by nail salons and beauty shops
per year so that physicians can work with
the industry to correct this problem. This
will be released to the nail industry to
hopefully make changes.
My new book, Death By Pedicure provides this
infection estimate for manicures and
pedicures. It is a significant number.
I have been advocating that
all state boards of cosmetology switch to
sterilization. I
recommend this due to the simple fact that not
all nail techs take the proper time to
"sanitize
and disinfect" their instruments.
Clients receiving these services cannot
determine if proper disinfection has been
accomplished before they are served. Currently no
states except Texas require sterilization of nail
instruments.
"Sanitation” is less effective than
the autoclave/sterilization services the public
expects from any doctor or hospital.
You have a right to peace of mind and demand
this from your
State Board of Cosmetology to change your
state’s regulations.
Make sure you involve your
podiatrist or physician if you have a nail
infection as soon as possible.
The nail salons and beauty shops have been
the brunt of a major image problem with the
recent death in Texas from a pedicure.
All state boards should additionally
institute state by state continuing
education credits to improve nail salon
safety.
Not all states require this and some states
are reducing the ability of cosmetology
board to enforce
existing regulations.
I also have advocated the additional
yearly state mandated continuing education
credit training of nail techs to improve their
understanding of medical problems
and explain how they should refer their
patients appropriately to podiatrists (see
link), dermatologists and other health
professionals before an accidental problem
get much worse.
I do not recommend
nail techs ever use callous cutters also
called Credo ®
blades. I can provide a list of all states
that do not allow callous cutters in my new
book, Death By Pedicure.
If you have been injured or have an
infection or have questions about nail
salons, manicures, pedicures, or pedicure
chairs I would like to offer my medical
advice by phone for a minimal fee. I can do
a telephone medical consultations during or
after hours by calling 423-756 FOOT (3668).
My new book, DEATH
BY
PEDICURE, is
the first book of its kind for the
general public, physicians and nail
techs who are interested in the world of
nail salon accidents in detail. The book
explains how you can protect yourself
from injury or infection in a nail
salon. The book also suggests how nail
techs can improve the nail salon
industry. My book now comes with an
online certification course at
www.DrSpalding.com.
Articles:
Medical Nail Technicians From: Bryan
C. Markinson, DPM
Podiatry Online
Nail Pro
Dermatological Pathology
Coed death tied to compounded drug
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