Abstract
Our previous article Safety Standards for Gua sha (press-stroking) and Baguan (cupping) discussed the risk of transfer of blood-borne pathogens with Gua sha and Ba guan, identified Gua sha and Ba guan 'instrument criticality' as semi-critical and offered recommendations for safe practice based on hospital disinfection standards. Based on the article's feedback, we feel the need to clarify that Gua sha and Ba guan instruments, if intended for reuse, must undergo high level disinfection (HLD) or, in the case of 'wet-cupping', sterilization. We update our recommendations to be amenable to both private practice and education settings.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 446-448 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Complementary Therapies in Medicine |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Ba guan
- Baguan
- Cao gio
- Chinese medicine
- Coining
- Cupping
- Gua sha
- Guasha
- High level disinfection
- Integrative medicine
- Safe practice
- Scraping
- Spooning
- Traditional East Asian medicine