BARBICIDE CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE

BARBICIDE CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Proper disinfection requires the following - ✔✔-correct mixing/concentration
-contact time
-appropriate changing of solution

✔✔Step 3: Sterilization (not required) - ✔✔-rarely required or necessary in the
professional beauty industry
-complete destruction of all microbial
-small number of states require some sterilization in the field of esthetics (know the
rules in your state)
-most frequently done with an autoclave that uses heat & pressure to destroy microbes

✔✔What can be disinfected? - ✔✔-only non-porous items such as plastic and metals
can be disinfected
-anything that cannot be disinfected must be considered single-use & be disposed of
after use

✔✔Examples of single-use (do not disinfect) - ✔✔-cotton
-orange sticks
-nail files
-pumice stones