QUANTITY OF EQUIPMENT
To accomplish proper sanitation and allow the barber to have adequate numbers of instruments and supplies, each barber should have the following equipment:

Clipper blades, three sets of three, each set containing one size each of #000, #1, and #1 1/ 2
Seven combs of various design
Three pairs of scissors
Two pairs of thinning shears
Two flatttop brushes
Six hairclips (3 to 4 inches long)
Fifteen styling brushes (women)

SANITARY PRACTICES
The following sanitation regulations should be followed in the barbershop:

. Only FDA-approved tonics, lotions, bleaches, dyes, and so forth, will be used. Only EPA/ FDA disinfectants or sanitizing agents will be used. Questionable or unlabeled products should be referred to the medical department for determination of suitability.
. Therapeutic practices, such as treating pimples, ingrown hair, and so forth, are prohibited.
. The headrest of barber chairs will be covered with a clean sheet of paper or clean towel for each customer.
. Only types of material approved by the medical officer will be used to stop the flow of blood in case of "nicks." These materials will be applied only with freshly laundered towels or sterile cotton.
. The treatment of eye conditions is prohibited.
. Common brushes, dusters, and shaving mugs are prohibited. The use of automatic dis-pensers or brushless shaving cream and clean towels, instead of brushes or dusters, is recommended.
. Individual sanitary neck strips will be used for each customer.
. Covering cloths will be changed, preferably daily or as often as necessary, to ensure cleanliness at all times.
. Street clothing of operators will not be stored with that of customers.
. Barbers or beauty operators will not eat, drink, or smoke while attending customers.
. Clean, covered sanitary receptacles will be provided for waste materials and used linen.
. The removal of cut hair from the decks should be done frequently by dustless methods.
l Vacuum-equipped clippers are acceptable.
l When compressed air is used to remove hair from customers, the pressure should be 15 psi or less.
l Ships' barbers are prohibited from shaving
customers.
l The barber's uniform will consist of a clean barber's jacket and clean trousers. The barber's
appearance at all times will be neat and tidy.
l The barber's hands and fingernails will be clean at all times.
l The barber is forbidden to cut hair of anyone who has any kind of disease or sore on the scalp or the back of the neck within the hairlines. The barber will obtain the name, rate, and division of any person coming into the barbershop who is evidently afflicted with a skin or scalp disease or with sores or boils. This information will be reported to the medical officer.
l The barbers will wash their hands and sterilize their instruments before serving each customer.
l Deodorants and mouthwash should be made available and their use encouraged.
l Each barber's unit will be equipped with a sponge or paper towels to wipe out the washbasin and backbar.
l Bottles and jars should be kept closed when not in use.
l All instruments must be cleaned immediately after each use. Scissors, combs, clipper blades, and other tools must be thoroughly washed with soap and hot water to remove film and debris, then dried with disposable tissue and sterilized after each use.
l Clippers must be kept clean at all times. After each use, foreign matter must be removed, clippers wiped with cotton saturated with sterilizing solution, and dried with a tissue.
l Barbers having any infections or com-municable diseases must not attend customers.
l Barbers will not smoke while attending customers. The sanitation regulations should be posted in the barbershop where they can be easily read and adhered to. As stated earlier in this chapter, the medical officer or senior Hospital Corpsman on board will prepare the sanitation regulations and post them in the barbershop.