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| <html><div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" id="mw-content-text" lang="en"><p>Diseases carried in the <a href="/index.php?title=Blood" title="Blood">blood</a>, such as <a href="/index.php?title=HIV" title="HIV">HIV</a> and <a href="/index.php?title=Hepatitis" title="Hepatitis">Hepatitis</a> C (both currently effectively fatal and incurable), can be passed via blood contact — the blood of a carrier is, in effect, an "infection potion." If <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Tattoo_machine" title="Tattoo machine">tattoo machines</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Tattoo_ink" title="Tattoo ink">tattoo inks</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Tattoo_needle" title="Tattoo needle">tattoo needles</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Piercing_needle" title="Piercing needle">piercing needles</a>, <a href="/index.php?title=Body_Jewelry" title="Body Jewelry">piercing jewelry</a>, <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=Piercing_tools&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Piercing tools (page does not exist)">piercing tools</a>, etc. are contaminated with the blood of either the artist or a previous customer, these diseases can be passed from person to person. Piercers and tattoo artists <b>must</b> educate themselves as to how these diseases are passed. Put simply, <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Universal_precautions" title="Universal precautions">universal precautions</a> must be followed, and anything involved in the penetration of the skin, even on a secondary level, needs to be either disposed of or adequately <a href="/index.php?title=Sterilization" title="Sterilization">sterilized</a> between customers. This includes counter tops and anything else that may have become contaminated.
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| </p><p>Direct contact can occur if a piercer pierces you and then <a href="/index.php?title=Needlestick" title="Needlestick">needlesticks</a> him or herself accidentally (they'll be affected, but not you). It can also happen if a tattoo artist has been freshly tattooed on their hands and are tattooing you (the material of the glove can break down within ten minutes of tattooing). It can also happen if two people are <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Play_piercing" title="Play piercing">play piercing</a> and their blood comes in contact (for example, if a person with blood on their finger from their own wound pierces another person). To put it simply, don't put yourself in contact with the blood of anyone whom you wouldn't be 100% comfortable having unprotected sex with.
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| </p><p>Also known as "<a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Cross_contamination" title="Cross contamination">cross contamination</a>," indirect contact is when something bloody touches an object, which then touches another object, which then touches another person's blood. Each step along the chain is potentially contaminated, so every object touched could give you the diseases in the source blood. For example:
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| <p>That should illustrate why piercers change their <a href="/index.php?title=Gloves" title="Gloves">gloves</a> at certain steps during a procedure! It should also illustrate that if you go to a careless studio, getting one piercing could suddenly force you into what amounts to an unprotected orgy with thousands of people.
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| | rec.arts.bodyart is a USENET newsgroup which may be accessed through either dedicated newsreaders or through most browsers. Its primary content is discussion of [[Tattoo|tattoos]] and [[Piercing|piercings]], but discussion of all permanent [[Body modification|body modifications]] are welcome there. |
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| | An important warning: don't make your first post a stupid one, have a thick skin, and READ THE FAQs FIRST! |
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| | == See Also == |
| | * [[ObBodMod]] |
| | * [[RABcon]] |
| | * [[Uk.people.bodyart]] |
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| | == '''Related Sites''' == |
| | * [http://www.yttrx.net/oldyttrx/rabsurv.txt rec.arts.bodyart Survival Guide] |
| | * [http://www.faqs.org/faqs/bodyart/tattoo-faq/ rec.arts.bodyart Tattoo FAQ] |
USENET newsgroup dedicated to bodyart discussion
rec.arts.bodyart is a USENET newsgroup which may be accessed through either dedicated newsreaders or through most browsers. Its primary content is discussion of tattoos and piercings, but discussion of all permanent body modifications are welcome there.
It should be noted that those who frequently read the newsgroup are referred to as RABbits.
An important warning: don't make your first post a stupid one, have a thick skin, and READ THE FAQs FIRST!
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