So, this is the first video in our
three-part series. What we're going to
cover in this video is proper hygiene
procedures for your sand in your sand
tray. So the first step in proper hygiene
procedures in terms of keeping your sand
clean, the best way to keep sand clean is
to clean your hands before you go into
the sand. Everybody's familiar with the
efficacy of hand-washing. If you remember
we've all been taught soap and water sit
there and sing the happy birthday song
twice. That is still the most effective
techniques that you can use if a
washroom is readily available to you and
your clients. If a washroom isn't
available then i recommend an alcohol
base gel. This particular one will kill
99.999% of the germs. Again
contact time is going to be important.
Interestingly what we did find out was
that products such as disinfecting wipes
are not made for sanitizing your
skin. They're great on hard surfaces but
not to be used on your skin.
Ok, so now your session is over and what
we're going to do is remove all the
miniatures so we can go ahead and
sanitize the sand.
Okay, so now we've removed all the
minatures, it's time to go ahead
and sanitize your your sand. You can
use whatever you have in your office
that you're comfortable with. I have a
number of different products here and
the most important thing when you
sanitize your sand is to go ahead and spray it
and make sure you get in all the corners
make sure that you're covering the
entire sand surface. You want to get
it so that it's pretty damp. You know
 
light misting is ok. But you know a
 
little bit heavier will help. Perhaps get
 
something that you can mix it up with
 
and spread it around. That will help with
 
the contact after you get its spread
 
around then sprayed again. Again if
 
you like to use a pump feel free to do
 
that. Give it a a good contact wetness
 
and that's important because the way
 
these sanitizers and disinfectants work
 
is the amount of time that the material
 
is wet. That's key to
 
getting good cleaning in your sand. So
 
now we've sprayed the sand to sanitize it.
 
The next step that you want to go ahead
 
and do. Get your disinfecting wipes make
 
sure that you wipe down your sand tray
 
really well. That will decontaminate that
 
area. Now this is important you want
 
to take a second wipe and use it to wipe
 
down your miniatures. You can just
 
give them a nice good wipe. You want to
 
get them wet because that's the
 
effectiveness they have to be wet. Don't
 
use the same white because that you use
 
on your sand tray because there's your
 
cross-contamination. Remember at least
 
two wipes to wipe down your
 
miniatures and then let's go on to the
 
next one
 
what's the difference between sanitizing
 
and disinfecting because that's
 
important.
