ASTM F136 revision
One of the most commonly used materials for body jewelry, the ASTM F136 – Standard Specification for Wrought Titanium-6Aluminum-4Vanadium ELI (Extra Low Interstitial) …
FDA Antiseptic sterility report
Sterility of Antiseptic
Products: FDA Investigates,
Deliberates on Potential
Recommendations
Safe steel for body jewelry?
A forum participant asked: please discuss 316l and implant grade 316lvm grade stainless steel. Body Jewelry Materials. Understanding Implant Grade Surgical Steel …
Sponsorship for BMXnet 2013 infection control
My company Piercers.com and I are pleased to sponsor a Statim autoclave for sterilization at this year’s event again! I will be there to educate and …
World Standards Day 2013 at BMXnet
I’ll be an educator and participant at BMXnet This October for World Standards Day 2013.
Stylets and needle safety
A simple and effective way of avoiding sharps injury without a cork or tube.
APP Conference soon!
CONFERENCE IS ALMOST UPON US! THE CONFERENCE ADVANCED (ONLINE) REGISTRATION WILL SHUT DOWN AT MIDNIGHT ON MAY 17TH, PST ANY CHANGES TO YOUR REGISTRATION SHOULD …
The Association of Professional Piercers is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the dissemination of vital health and safety information about body piercing to piercers, health care professionals, legislators, and the general public. Socially and legislatively, body piercing is situated within the greater body modification community. As a result, we recognize that our role extends beyond the discipline of body piercing. Our position on body art practices such as tattooing, cosmetic tattooing, branding, scarification, suspension, and other forms of body modification is as follows:
Brasil 2nd Congress
Brian Skellie at the 2ND Educational Congress for Professional Body Piercers in Brasil
Titanium body jewelry
What Titanium materials are best for body jewelry? My articles at http://jewelry.piercing.org/ and http://brnskll.com/shares/titanium-standards-why-not-g23/ explain that the two most effective Titanium standards are alloyed ASTM F136 and pure ASTM F67, the most common being the former as it is stronger, harder and easier to polish. Both are used for permanent surgical implants.
SciCan STATIM G4 Installation instructions
How to set up your new Statim G4 autoclave by SciCan
How to relate a certificate of tests (Mill Certificate) to an appropriate standard
Learn how to relate a certificate of tests (Mill Certificate) to an appropriate standard for body jewelry
If it is not clean it can not be sterilized
Equipment must be cleaned before sterilization. Heat fixes blood fibrin to instrument surfaces, and should not be used prior to cleaning. Reprocessing should be done according to evidence based scientific recommendations.
Open Workshop SE
Brian Skellie shared piercing techniques at the Open Workshop in Stockholm SE November 9-11, 2012
OPTIM 33TB protocol
A protocol for switching to OPTIM 33 TB One-Step Cleaner Disinfectant, and a Quick Reference Guide for Tattoo and Piercing use
STATIM 2000 G4 Unboxing
A first glimpse at the new fourth generation of the fast STATIM 2000 autoclave
JHU Infection Prevention Guidelines for Healthcare Facilities with Limited Resources
Links: Some educational infection prevention materials for body artists
Learn about piercing bumps
A short discussion of bumps that sometimes form on body piercings
Minimizing tools: a discussion
Minimizing waste and maximizing safety are two important goals in body art.
APP for Nonconformists
Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world.
— “Self Reliance,” Ralph Waldo Emerson
You may find this conversation interesting or useful as a colleague if you are on the fence about joining the Association of Professional Piercers. (more…)
OPTIM 33TB details
A bit more detail about OPTIM 33TB cleaner disinfectant
Learn about sea salt
Have you ever visited a salt evaporation pond? It was enough to dissuade me from any desire to put unrefined sea salt in an open wound.
LESS THAN 30 DAYS UNTIL THE APP CONFERENCE!
30 days left to prepare for the 17th annual APP Conference!
Glass as a material for body jewelry
Among jewelry materials for initial piercing, glass deserves a closer look.
Maintaining a Sterile Field
Why use a non-sterile dental bib when there are safer sterile options that are proven moisture barriers? Options and discussion.