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clients. Since May 18, we have been be offering curbside
retail for those that want products. We are sanitizing the
entire school and adding hand sanitizers in every room
and at every entrance. We have desk shields at all places
where there is student or client interaction. For the first
month after we [reopened], we did not take clients; our
students [worked] on mannequins to protect their health.
We are cleaning all ventilation ducts and vents and installing
hands-free faucets. All of our retail testers will be
removed. For our classrooms we will space all tables and
chairs with a six-foot distance. All decorative items and
magazines will be removed. Our library will be converted
to online-only. We are working to create schedules to divide
our students over seven days from 9 am to 10 pm to
minimize capacity. We have designed trainings for students
and staff—one being Barbicide training—and are
also communicating through email and video postings to
share our strategy.”
Will future spa professionals be more sensitive to issues
of sanitation and hygiene?
“Our future professionals are very sensitive to sanitation
and creating distance, as the media and all of the news
have created that standard. We will be implementing Barbicide
training and look for other opportunities to share
additional protocols—like daily questions, temperature
tests and any other requirements from the CDC, OSHA or
the Health Department. The state curriculum already has
significant [sanitation] training, which is sufficient for the
proper care of our environment. Yet, we must add all of
the COVID-19 standards, such as masks, gloves and handwashing
at all times.” n
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54 PULSE ■ AUGUST 2020