COSMETOLOGY STATE BOARD SOLUTION
PACK TWO ASSESSMENT 2026 GUARANTEED
PASS RESPONSES
◉ Decontamination. Answer: removal of visual debris
Method 1- clean and disinfect
Method 2- clean and then steralize
◉ Sanitation. Answer: lowest level of infection control; washing
hands
◉ Sterilization. Answer: highest level of infection control; kills all
microbes; auto clave unit; implements used to puncture skin
◉ accelerated hydrogen peroxide (AHP). Answer: approved
disinfectant changed every 14 days; used for pedicure tubs
◉ Quats. Answer: quaternary ammonium compound = most
effective 10 min
◉ Phenolic. Answer: kills tuberculocidal; dangerous, can cause comb
to discolor and tools to rust
, ◉ Sodium hypochlorite. Answer: household bleach; 5.25%
◉ Do not use in salons. Answer: fumigants & glutaraldehyde
◉ UV ultraviolet sanitizers. Answer: used as storage containers; they
DO NOT disinfect or sterilize
◉ Universal precaution. Answer: OSHA requires to asume all blood
is contaminated
◉ occupational disease. Answer: on job
◉ Clean foot spa. Answer: after each client. at the end of the day.
once a week let EPA run for 10 min and leave it over night.
◉ Saprophytes. Answer: live on dead material and do not produce
disease
◉ Nonpathogenic. Answer: 70% of bacteria, harmless
◉ Broad spectrum. Answer: hospital grade- kills bacteria, viruses,
fungi, and pseudomonas
PACK TWO ASSESSMENT 2026 GUARANTEED
PASS RESPONSES
◉ Decontamination. Answer: removal of visual debris
Method 1- clean and disinfect
Method 2- clean and then steralize
◉ Sanitation. Answer: lowest level of infection control; washing
hands
◉ Sterilization. Answer: highest level of infection control; kills all
microbes; auto clave unit; implements used to puncture skin
◉ accelerated hydrogen peroxide (AHP). Answer: approved
disinfectant changed every 14 days; used for pedicure tubs
◉ Quats. Answer: quaternary ammonium compound = most
effective 10 min
◉ Phenolic. Answer: kills tuberculocidal; dangerous, can cause comb
to discolor and tools to rust
, ◉ Sodium hypochlorite. Answer: household bleach; 5.25%
◉ Do not use in salons. Answer: fumigants & glutaraldehyde
◉ UV ultraviolet sanitizers. Answer: used as storage containers; they
DO NOT disinfect or sterilize
◉ Universal precaution. Answer: OSHA requires to asume all blood
is contaminated
◉ occupational disease. Answer: on job
◉ Clean foot spa. Answer: after each client. at the end of the day.
once a week let EPA run for 10 min and leave it over night.
◉ Saprophytes. Answer: live on dead material and do not produce
disease
◉ Nonpathogenic. Answer: 70% of bacteria, harmless
◉ Broad spectrum. Answer: hospital grade- kills bacteria, viruses,
fungi, and pseudomonas
