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The easiest way to prevent the spread of diseases is to only use any toy on only one person! If a toy is going to be used on more than one person, it must either be sterilized or cleaned and decontaminated if it has come into contact with someone's blood, urine, feces or semen!
Even with clean toys, it is a good idea to put a condom or two on them before use. This also helps facilitate in cleaning. Also it is a good idea to let the toys air dry for at least 24 hours between uses. Clean toys can be kept that way if wrapped in separate clean towels and ready for the next use. It is also a good idea to wear latex gloves when using such toys, unless you are sure you do not have any cuts, abrasions or scratches on your hands. Washing your hands in rubbing alcohol will usually tell you, but not always!
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Three methods:
1. First wash with soapy water to remove all debris from all "nooks and crannies". Antibacterial soap is best. Then rinse and dry with a clean towel. Next either soak the item in a solution of at least 10% chlorine bleach (1 part bleach to 9 parts water) for 4 to 30 minutes (everyone has their own idea of how long! Personally we go for at least 10 minutes); or soak the item in at least a 25% rubbing alcohol solution (70% isopropyl alcohol is what is usually sold and can be used without dilution and is cheap! It is not recommended to use the 90% solution sometimes sold as it might only dry and preserve the "bugs"); or use hydrogen peroxide: or a provodone-iodine solution such as Betadine rinsed off with rubbing alcohol. Next rinse the item well again and dry with a new clean towel. Paper towels work great for the drying process.
2. Run the items through your dishwasher. Note that your dishwasher must reach a temperature of 135 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit and maintain that for at least 4 to 5 minutes.
3. Items that can stand the heat can be "baked" in the oven at 140 to 180 degrees Fahrenheit for 8 hours or at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 hour after being washed with soapy water to remove any debris. Always let the items cool before you try to use them in or on someone! Remember not all items can withstand this kind of heat but it works well on metal butt plugs, metal "eggs" and such. Please don't melt your favorite latex dildo!
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Leather items that come in contact with someone's blood, urine, feces or semen must also be cleaned and decontaminated. Since leather is not very forgiving of being soaked in wet stuff or "baked", the problem is a little more difficult than for rubber and latex. Hydrogen peroxide is not a good choice. Chlorine bleach will discolor some leather but can be used in a 10% solution as described above. The preferred method seems to be to wash the item is warm soapy (antibacterial soap preferred) water and dry, pressing out the water in clean towels. Then use the rubbing alcohol solution (70% isopropyl alcohol) to clean all the areas. Be especially careful to clean all the porous parts such as the stitching in leather dildos (a fingernail brush will help). You really are still not going to get it all and these should be one person toys or at the very least "bagged" in a condom or three! Rinse and dry the item again in a fresh clean towel. Next the leather should be reconditioned. Suggestions include Lexol, Care 4, bag balm (used on chapped cow udders and other veterinary uses) and Dubbin. Ask for recommendations from your leather supplier for what they consider best. Remember anything going in the body could have adverse effects, bad taste being only one! Kelly Thilbault's Leather and Latex Care (Daedalus Publishing Company, 1996) is highly recommended for all your could ever want to know about the care and cleaning of these products. As a disclaimer, leather toys are very difficult to clean at best and many health care professionals feel that even the above methods are not completely effective, especially for the Hepatitis B virus which is very hard to kill. Many tops simply label the bottom's names on these toys' handles and reserve their use for only that person.
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All the above items which enter sterile areas of the body or are intended to draw blood must be sterilized! The above methods only clean things and do not sterilize! Ideally these items should only be one time use, not even used on the same person twice, but we all know the reality.
Anytime a sterile area is to be stuffed, cut or pierced, that area of the body needs to be washed with antibacterial soap, rinsed and dried (clean towels only, please), then disinfected with rubbing alcohol or with a provodone-iodine solution such as Betadine. The cleaning pattern should be circular, working away from the area to be "worked" on. It is also a good idea to pull a cock through a clean towel with a hole in it before you stuff anything up the cock. Your hands should be scrubbed with antibacterial soap and covered with sterile gloves (available in pre-sealed packets). Once in the gloves only touch sterilized equipment or skin! After any "procedure", once again wash the area with antibacterial soap, rinse with water, dry with a clean towel and disinfect with rubbing alcohol or the provodone-iodine solution such as Betadine. Needles should be disposed of in a "Sharps Container".
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1. An autoclave using the manufacturers instructions or done for you by someone at a clinic with access.
2. The "Pressure Cooker Method" starts with a thorough cleaning and rinsing of the item as above to remove all debris. Next the items are placed individually (several piercing needles to be used in one scene may be placed in one packet) in a sturdy paper packet (paper lunch bags are great!) And the packets sealed with something like masking tape. The packets are put in a wire basket or something to keep them out of the water and placed in a pressure cooker. Follow the manufacturers directions for operation of the pressure cooker and "cook' at 15 pounds of pressure for at least 30 minutes (altitude adjustments are appropriate). Preheat your oven to 225 degrees F. Remove the basket from the pressure cooker without touching the packets and place it in the oven to dry for at least 3 hours. Store the packets in a dry place until you are ready to use them. Remember when you open a packet only handle the items with sterile gloves on and don't touch anything that is not sterilized.
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