Each date this app counts and each check it runs on a save is listed here with its source and the day we last read it. Where a rule lives in a paid standard, we cite it and keep the same facts in our own layout; we never copy the standard's text or forms.
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sourced rules in this trade, each read on or after Oct 28, 2026.
Dates it counts
Monthly spore test: 1 month from the last spore test sent.From 25 Tex. Admin. Code 229.407, checked Oct 28, 2026.
Rule
What it checks when you save
Each sterilization unit needs a spore test every calendar month, read by an approved laboratory, with results open to inspection.From 25 Tex. Admin. Code 229.407, checked Oct 28, 2026.
For reference
Sterilization records stay at the studio for two years from the last entry.From 25 Tex. Admin. Code 229.407, checked Oct 28, 2026.
Stops the save
Spore test results stay on the premises for at least two years.From OAR 331-915-0080 (Oregon), checked Oct 28, 2026.
Stops the save
Oregon wants biological spore tests at least monthly, confirmed by an independent laboratory.From OAR 331-915-0080 (Oregon), checked Oct 28, 2026.
For reference
Asked, and answered from the rule.
How often must a tattoo studio run a spore test on its autoclave?
Each sterilization unit needs a spore test every calendar month, read by an approved laboratory, with results open to inspection.From 25 Tex. Admin. Code 229.407, checked Oct 28, 2026.
Oregon wants biological spore tests at least monthly, confirmed by an independent laboratory.From OAR 331-915-0080 (Oregon), checked Oct 28, 2026.
How long do sterilization records have to be kept?
Sterilization records stay at the studio for two years from the last entry.From 25 Tex. Admin. Code 229.407, checked Oct 28, 2026.
Spore test results stay on the premises for at least two years.From OAR 331-915-0080 (Oregon), checked Oct 28, 2026.
What it keeps for you.
Autoclave
Unit ID, Make and model, Serial number, Room, Last spore test sent.
Practitioner
Name, Licence number, Licence expiry.
Sterilization cycle
Date, Quantity of instruments, Type of instruments, Operator name or initials, Chemical indicator.
Spore test
Test date, Laboratory, Result, Action taken after a failed test, Lab report.
What your client receives.
The sterilization binder, as the app issues it the moment the inspection is saved: signed, dated and frozen, with what is next due. This one is filled with invented records so you can read it before you sign up.