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Hot Stone Safety: This is How Updated Protocols Protect Your Practice. (cover story)

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Author(s): Belisle, Selena
Source:
Massage Magazine. May2021, Issue 300, p20-22. 3p.

Additional Information
- Subject Terms:
  INFECTION prevention; HEAT; MASSAGE therapy; MASSAGE therapists; CLIENT relations; SKIN care; BURNS & scalds; PATIENT-centered care; COMMUNICATION; GLOVES; PATIENT safety
- Abstract:
  The article offers tips to massage therapy practices on the right hot stone massage protocols and methods to avoid customer injury and protect their businesses. Also cited are the temperature of water that can burn human tissue in a minute as per the American Burn Association, as well as some safety protocols involving equipment like temperature measuring devices, massage stone heater, and hot stones and gloves.