OKLAHOMA TATTOO STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What is the third step in the sterilization progress? (Autoclave) - ✔✔Rinse the
instruments after soaking and clean then further in an ultrasonic cleaning unit fully
submerged in an enzymatic cleaner.
✔✔What is the fourth step in the sterilization process? (Autoclave) - ✔✔After cleaning,
all instruments must be rinsed and dried thoroughly and packed in individual sterilization
pouches containing an integrator strip.
✔✔What is the fifth step in sterilization?(autoclave) - ✔✔All packaged instruments must
be sterilized in a steam autoclave. Sterile equipment must be handled with clean gloves
and marked with an expiration of 6 months.
✔✔How does a statim autoclave work? - ✔✔A statim autoclave is a small cassette style
autoclave. All instruments must be prepped with the normal sterilization process, except
they are not required to be in individual pouches. They can be bull sterilized in an
autoclave prior, and whatever is needed for the surface will go into the statim autoclave
cassette and sterilized at the time of need.
✔✔What is the minimum floor space for each artist? - ✔✔45 square feet
✔✔What is the size of the wall needed to seperate each artists work station? -
✔✔Minimum of 7 feet tall, and the length of 4 feet.
✔✔What is the artificial light source requirement? - ✔✔each work area must have 20
foot candles 3 feet off the floor. Except that if at least 100 foot candles of intensity shall
be provided at the level where the body piercing or tattoo procedure is being performed.
✔✔What is Solar Keratosis? - ✔✔It is a precancerous scaly spot found on sun damaged
skin.
✔✔What is fibrinogen? - ✔✔It is a soluble protein found in the blood that is involved in
forming blood clots.
✔✔Lymphocytes - ✔✔A type of immune cell that is found in blood and lymph tissue.
✔✔Phagocytes - ✔✔White blood cells that ingest and attack pathogens like bacteria
✔✔What are the main phagocytes? - ✔✔Monocytes, macrophages, granulocytes, and
dendritic cells.
, ✔✔What are monocytes? - ✔✔A type of white blood cell that reside in the blood and
tissue to find and destroy germs and eliminate infected cells.
✔✔What are macrophages? - ✔✔Infection-fighting organisms in lymph.
✔✔What are the 3 layers of skin? - ✔✔epidermis, dermis, hypodermis
✔✔Epidermis - ✔✔Provides a waterproof barrier and contributes to skin tone. The
outermost layer.
✔✔Dermis - ✔✔It contains connective tissue, hair follicles, blood vessels, lymphatic
vessels, and sweat glands.
✔✔Hypodermis (subcutaneous layer) - ✔✔It is the deepest layer, it is made up of fat
and connective tissue.
✔✔What layer of skin does the ink settle? - ✔✔The dermis.
✔✔What do you do if there is a mistake on clients paperwork, how do you correct it? -
✔✔The "note" is crossed out, new note and dated.
✔✔Can you recieve a tattoo with a skin rash? - ✔✔You cannot recieve a tattoo with any
skin disorder AT ALL. Never tattoo over any moles, etc.
✔✔What is the temperature you run the autoclave on? - ✔✔121 degrees Celsius, 250
degrees Fahrenheit
✔✔What is the PSI for the autoclave? - ✔✔15 PSI
✔✔What is the run time for the autoclave? - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔How long should you flush your eyes - ✔✔15 minutes
✔✔What is the minimum size of a tattoo station - ✔✔45 square feet
✔✔How long is an apprenticeship - ✔✔2 years
✔✔How tall should a lamp be - ✔✔3ft off the floor 20ft candles
✔✔How far should tattoo shop be from school - ✔✔1000ft
✔✔What is ear piercing - ✔✔Piercing of the lobe not the cartilage
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What is the third step in the sterilization progress? (Autoclave) - ✔✔Rinse the
instruments after soaking and clean then further in an ultrasonic cleaning unit fully
submerged in an enzymatic cleaner.
✔✔What is the fourth step in the sterilization process? (Autoclave) - ✔✔After cleaning,
all instruments must be rinsed and dried thoroughly and packed in individual sterilization
pouches containing an integrator strip.
✔✔What is the fifth step in sterilization?(autoclave) - ✔✔All packaged instruments must
be sterilized in a steam autoclave. Sterile equipment must be handled with clean gloves
and marked with an expiration of 6 months.
✔✔How does a statim autoclave work? - ✔✔A statim autoclave is a small cassette style
autoclave. All instruments must be prepped with the normal sterilization process, except
they are not required to be in individual pouches. They can be bull sterilized in an
autoclave prior, and whatever is needed for the surface will go into the statim autoclave
cassette and sterilized at the time of need.
✔✔What is the minimum floor space for each artist? - ✔✔45 square feet
✔✔What is the size of the wall needed to seperate each artists work station? -
✔✔Minimum of 7 feet tall, and the length of 4 feet.
✔✔What is the artificial light source requirement? - ✔✔each work area must have 20
foot candles 3 feet off the floor. Except that if at least 100 foot candles of intensity shall
be provided at the level where the body piercing or tattoo procedure is being performed.
✔✔What is Solar Keratosis? - ✔✔It is a precancerous scaly spot found on sun damaged
skin.
✔✔What is fibrinogen? - ✔✔It is a soluble protein found in the blood that is involved in
forming blood clots.
✔✔Lymphocytes - ✔✔A type of immune cell that is found in blood and lymph tissue.
✔✔Phagocytes - ✔✔White blood cells that ingest and attack pathogens like bacteria
✔✔What are the main phagocytes? - ✔✔Monocytes, macrophages, granulocytes, and
dendritic cells.
, ✔✔What are monocytes? - ✔✔A type of white blood cell that reside in the blood and
tissue to find and destroy germs and eliminate infected cells.
✔✔What are macrophages? - ✔✔Infection-fighting organisms in lymph.
✔✔What are the 3 layers of skin? - ✔✔epidermis, dermis, hypodermis
✔✔Epidermis - ✔✔Provides a waterproof barrier and contributes to skin tone. The
outermost layer.
✔✔Dermis - ✔✔It contains connective tissue, hair follicles, blood vessels, lymphatic
vessels, and sweat glands.
✔✔Hypodermis (subcutaneous layer) - ✔✔It is the deepest layer, it is made up of fat
and connective tissue.
✔✔What layer of skin does the ink settle? - ✔✔The dermis.
✔✔What do you do if there is a mistake on clients paperwork, how do you correct it? -
✔✔The "note" is crossed out, new note and dated.
✔✔Can you recieve a tattoo with a skin rash? - ✔✔You cannot recieve a tattoo with any
skin disorder AT ALL. Never tattoo over any moles, etc.
✔✔What is the temperature you run the autoclave on? - ✔✔121 degrees Celsius, 250
degrees Fahrenheit
✔✔What is the PSI for the autoclave? - ✔✔15 PSI
✔✔What is the run time for the autoclave? - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔How long should you flush your eyes - ✔✔15 minutes
✔✔What is the minimum size of a tattoo station - ✔✔45 square feet
✔✔How long is an apprenticeship - ✔✔2 years
✔✔How tall should a lamp be - ✔✔3ft off the floor 20ft candles
✔✔How far should tattoo shop be from school - ✔✔1000ft
✔✔What is ear piercing - ✔✔Piercing of the lobe not the cartilage
