Drying cabinet for manicure tools. Sterilization instructions, price, which one to buy. Rating

Manicure services are provided by beauty salons, nail bars and individual masters. But such a familiar service can be dangerous. If the master has not sterilized the tools well enough, then, for example, a fungal infection can be added to the fashionable nail design.

In order to ensure the safety of work, the master must use a serviceable and high-quality sterilizer and faithfully follow all the rules for sterilizing instruments. Nowadays, drying ovens are gaining more and more popularity among sterilizers.

Purpose and principle of operation of the dry-heat cabinet

Drying cabinet for manicure instruments is a sterilization device that cleans instruments with dry steam. It is designed to destroy microorganisms from the surface of metal and glass objects. The first dry ovens were evaluated by physicians who use it to sterilize instruments that have come into contact with patients' blood.

Later, this sterilizer was used by clinics of aesthetic medicine, and then it began to be used in cosmetic and nail salons. The dry oven is a heat-resistant chamber equipped with a heating element and stainless steel trays for placing sterilized instruments.

Modern dry ovens have a display that allows you to adjust the temperature and sterilization mode.

In order to sterilize manicure tools in a dry heat, you must first treat them with a disinfectant. Then place them in trays inside the sterilizer. For some types of dry ovens, it is required to pre-seal the tools in a craft bag.

Next, you need to close the lid of the sterilizer and select the processing mode on the display. After switching on, the heating element inside the cabinet circulates hot air, which destroys all microorganisms that survived the disinfection.

Kinds

There are several types of treatment for medical, manicure and cosmetic instruments:

Among the air-steam sterilizers, an autoclave and a dry oven are distinguished. An autoclave is more expensive, but it allows you to quickly sterilize various instruments due to treatment with 135-degree steam. Drying oven is cheaper, but only metal tools are processed with dry steam... The high temperature of the heat can damage plastic or fabric.

Benefits

Compared to other sterilizers, the dry oven has a number of advantages:

• The entire surface of manicure instruments is sterilized, including handles.
• Exposure to dry air prevents metal corrosion.
• The temperature is regulated and evenly distributed inside the cabinet.
• Energy saving.
• Affordable price.
• No need for special care.

disadvantages

But dry heat sterilizers also have disadvantages:

• Duration of the sterilization process.
• The need to follow the rules for loading tools to provide access to hot air.
• Suitable only for working with metal and glass instruments.

Instructions for sterilizing manicure instruments in a dry heat cabinet

Drying cabinet for manicure tools should be used as written in the instructions.

Depending on the model of the device, some of the nuances of work may differ, but the general rules are the same for all devices:

1. Instruments must first be placed in disinfectant solution. The processing time and dilution method are indicated in the instructions for the disinfector.
2. After disinfection, rinse the instruments in running water with a brush or rag.
3. Next, you need to conduct a test for occult blood by wiping the working surface of the instrument with a reagent. If there is no reaction, then rinse the instrument and proceed to the next step. If the reagent has changed color, then go back to step 1.

   

4. The cleaned instruments must be dried on a cloth, which must also be subjected to special treatment regularly.
5. The dried instruments are sealed in a special craft bag with a gray sticker attached to it. In addition, the craft bag should contain the following information: which instrument is inside, the date of its sterilization and the name of the person in charge. All notes on the craft bag are made before the instruments are placed in it. If you sign it after the instrument has been removed and sealed, there is a risk of damage to the package and breaking its tightness.
6. The dry oven heats up to 180 degrees.
7. Kraft bags with contents are placed in trays inside the sterilizer.
8. After the lid of the dry oven is closed, you can set the time and processing mode on the display.
9. After finishing the processing, the kraft bags are removed from the dry heat, but not opened.
10. The gray sticker changed color and turned brown. This is an indicator that the contents of this kraft bag have been sterilized in a dry heat.
11. The craft package is opened in front of the client. This guarantees and demonstrates the sterility of the manicure instruments.
    

In a closed bag, sterility is maintained for a month.

Apparatus selection criteria

A dry oven for manicure tools is required by salons, nail bars, and craftsmen who work at home.

All of them choose sterilizers based on 5 main criteria:

1. Disinfection degree... Does the sterilizer kill all pathogens and their spores? The higher the processing temperature of the instruments, the higher the level of disinfection. The leader in this respect is the dry heat sterilizer. The second place is shared between ball and glasperlen.

   

2. Sterilization speed... This criterion is important for manicure parlors with a constant flow of clients. The less time it takes to sterilize, the faster you can start working with the next client. Here the dry oven does not show a very good result, since it takes 60 minutes to completely sterilize the instruments. For comparison, a glasperlen sterilizer takes about 10 seconds. But this is not a reason to give up a dry heat. In beauty salons with high traffic, the master uses several sets of tools. And while one set is sterilized, you can work with another. Craftsmen who work from home usually do not work with a continuous stream of clients.
3. Intuitive interface or ease of use of the sterilizer... The easier the sterilization process is started, the fewer mistakes will be made.
4. Size and number of tools processed at one time... These are proportional indicators. The larger the sterilizer, the more instruments can be loaded into it at one time. But "more" does not mean "better." For large salons with a large customer flow, a large sterilizer is really useful. It will allow you not to create queues and process all the necessary tools at once. But for masters working at home, a large sterilizer is useless. They will not accumulate so many instruments even in one day. In addition, homeworkers usually do not have room for a large sterilizer. They are better off choosing more compact models.
5. The cost... It may depend not only on the actual characteristics of the sterilizer, but also on the retail margin and the manufacturer's brand.

Which sterilizer to choose: an overview of popular models

When choosing a sterilizer for manicure tools, it is important to understand where and how it will be used. Home practitioners prefer compact and inexpensive sterilizers. Large beauty salons are not limited in funds, so they can afford expensive and roomy models.

Compact sterilizers

The most compact sterilizers are ball and glass sterilizers. They are the fastest. However, they are quite expensive and require regular replacement of the balls. But even among such sterilizers there are budget models. For example, Macrostop Silverfox. This is a small glasperlen sterilizer. Its dimensions are 17 cm in height and 16 cm in diameter. Heats up to 250 degrees.

In this temperature regime, 15 - 20 seconds are enough for complete sterilization of the instrument. Ultrasonic sterilizers seem bulkier at first. But since they combine the functions of a sterilizer and a disinfector, they really save space, since one is used instead of two devices.

But for 2-in-1 features you have to pay extra. Ultrasonic sterilizers are the most expensive on the market. A relatively democratic model is the Donfeel HB-382 ultrasonic sterilizer. It will cost almost twice as much as Macrostop Silverfox. Ultrasound works at room temperature. Dimensions of the device: base with a diameter of about 20 cm and a height of 13 cm.

Drying cabinet for manicure tools can be compact. For example, the TNL PROFESSIONAL model is a box with a base of 31 * 14 cm and a height of less than 20 cm. Despite its modest size, this dry heat is quite powerful: it can heat up to 200 degrees and maintain this temperature for 2 hours.

This is more than enough to kill any known microorganisms. But this device also has disadvantages. Due to the small size of the sterilizer, you cannot put a craft bag in it, since this bag will come into contact with the heating elements of the device and will simply burn out, the tightness will be broken.

Therefore, instruments in TNL PROFESSIONAL are sterilized without a kraft bag, they are simply loaded into the sterilizer tray.

Therefore, in order not to violate the sterility of the instruments, they will have to be stored directly in the sterilizer until the next use. Dry oven WILSON PS-3401 from Irisk Professional is slightly higher and wider. It can also heat up to 200 degrees, but the timer allows you to keep this temperature only up to one hour.

This fully complies with sterilization standards. In this dry heat, tools are loaded in craft bags. But it is recommended to tuck the edges of the bag as much as possible in order to prevent it from touching the heating elements of the sterilizer and to avoid charring of the craft bag.

The model of the CH-360T dry heat sterilizer is the same size as the TNL PROFESSIONAL, but the maximum temperature of the CH-360T is higher - it is 220 degrees, and the maximum operating time is 1 hour.It processes instruments in a kraft bag with dry air, which allows them to remain sterile for a month after removing the bag from the dry heat.

In addition to the plastic handle on the lid, it also has a wooden handle on the side. It does not heat up and allows you to move the dry heat immediately after finishing work. The msd-218 wardrobe, like the CH-360T, is a box measuring 31 * 14 * 18 cm. It also heats up to 220 degrees, but the timer can be set for 2 hours. Allows you to sterilize tools both in the craft package and without it.

The side handle of this sterilizer is made of metal and can get hot during operation. This makes the msd-218 significantly less mobile than the CH-360T. Dry heat NV-210 is similar in characteristics to msd-218, but does not have a side handle.

It is difficult to find a compact model among autoclaves. Pay attention to Sanity Security. This small Italian-made autoclave weighs only 6 kg and has a working chamber volume of 2.5 liters. Its dimensions are 43 * 30 * 29 cm. It heats up steam to 250 degrees and processes tools for half an hour. Although its mechanical timer can be set for 1 hour.

Capacious sterilizers

If the size of the room allows, then you can take more overall sterilizers. This will allow you to process more instruments at a time. Such sterilizers allow you to safely place kraft bags inside without fear that they will come into contact with heating elements.

The domestic device "Air Sterilizer GP-10 MO" has proven itself to be of high quality, convenient and inexpensive. It is relatively small - only 42 cm in height, the base is 44 * 45 cm. Sterilizer operating temperature from 50 to 200 degrees... Opening hours can be set up to 17 hours.

He needs about half an hour to warm up to 180 degrees, which is necessary for high-quality sterilization. There is no forced cooling in this device, but there is an emergency shutdown system when it overheats over 210 degrees. There are 3 standard operating modes and the ability to adjust parameters arbitrarily.

This sterilizer is used to process medical instruments, but it is also suitable for manicure.

Another domestic dry heat sterilizer is GP-20-Okh PZ. Unlike its younger brother, it is somewhat larger: 58 * 54cm at the base and 55cm in height, but at the same time it has twice the volume inside - 20 liters. It has a forced cooling system that can work without supplying cold air from the outside. But the heating time is longer and the price is higher.

Models of the GP series are available for another 40 and 80 liters, both with additional cooling and without. The presence of additional cooling affects the price more than the volume of the working chamber of the device. Of the imported models, the Tau 2000, a 20-liter dry oven with three shelves, may be interesting. It operates from 90 degrees to 200 degrees, automatically adjusting the temperature.

Has an emergency shutdown system. The automatic timer can be set for any time up to 2 hours inclusive. If processing is required for more than 2 hours, it can be carried out in manual mode. The cheapest class B autoclave is the Youjoy BES-12-B model. The volume of the working chamber is 12 liters.

This autoclave has a high power and operates in two temperature modes 120 and 135 degrees, provides vacuum drying. Copes with the sterilization of even serrated instruments.The autoclave BTD 12L-A is similar in volume and characteristics. But in addition to everything else, there are 8 more automatic sterilization programs. Therefore, it is somewhat more expensive.

Latest generation models such as the 18L Vacuklav 31B + do not require a water connection and have additional functions for handling hazardous (potentially infectious) instruments. But they also cost many times more.

The cost of dry ovens

One of the most important criteria for choosing a sterilizer is price. According to this parameter, dry ovens are more profitable than autoclaves.

The cost of the above models is approximately as follows:

• TNL PROFESSIONAL - a compact dry heat that works without kraft bags - costs about 5000r.
• Wilson PS-3401 volume of 1.7 liters. costs from 6000 rubles.
• CH-360T volume of 2 liters. will cost about 4500 rubles.
• msd-218 with a metal handle costs 5300 - 5700 rubles.
• NV-210 without a side handle costs from 8,000 rubles.
• Compact autoclave Sanity security will cost about 25,000 rubles.
• 10 liter dry heat GP-10 MO without forced cooling costs about 16,000 rubles.
• 20 liter GP-20-Okh PZ with forced cooling will cost 20,000 rubles.
• 40 liter GP-40 SPU with cooling costs about 22,000 rubles.
• 80 liter GP with cooling - 25,000 rubles.
• Imported dry heat Tau 2000 volume of 20 liters costs from 32,000 rubles.
• Budget 12 Liter Autoclave Youjoy BES-12-B will cost 103,000 rubles.
• Similar BTD 12L-A with 8 auto modes - 115,000 rubles.
• New generation 18 liter autoclave Vacuklav 31B + costs 350,000 rubles.
  

Of all modern sterilizers for manicure instruments, it is dry ovens that represent the best combination of price and quality. The temperatures maintained by the dry heat, as well as the processing time, allow the destruction of all known microorganisms from the surface of instruments that can withstand high temperatures.

Dry heat is a budget sterilizer. Small models cost less than RUB 10,000. The guarantee of the safety of the work of nail service masters is much more expensive.

Article design: Anna Vinnitskaya

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