(a) Each practitioner shall disinfect each electrical instrument after each service, as follows:
- (1) Remove all debris from the electrical instrument; and
- (2) completely saturate the portion of the electrical instrument that came in contact with the consumer with a bleach solution or with a disinfectant used according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- (b) Each disinfected electrical instrument shall be stored in a clean area on a stand or hook or on a clean towel, covered by a clean towel or in a labeled, clean, closed container or drawer reserved for clean instruments only.
- (c) At the end of each day, all towels remaining in a towel warmer shall be removed. The towels shall not be reused until properly laundered. Each towel warmer shall be disinfected daily according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- (d) Each practitioner shall clean and disinfect each metal bit and mandrel for an electric file after each use on a consumer and then shall store the bit and mandrel in a clean, closed, and labeled container until the next use.
(Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 65-1,148; effective Jan. 4, 1993; amended Oct. 5, 2007; amended April 10, 2020.)