
SAFETY ALL THE WAY
As part of its innovative Safe Tattooing approach, edding accepts full responsibility for all elements of the tattooing process, from proprietary edding tattoo ink, manufactured in Germany according to EU standards, through to expert tattoo services and professional aftercare. This overarching commitment to quality is unique in Germany. We call this our Total Responsibility approach, which we believe creates transparency and raises consumer safety and protection to the highest possible level from our point of view. At edding TATTOO, we never compromise on safety or artistry.
TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY
Ink, art and aftercare made by edding
In-house production
In-house ink production made in Germany with batch traceability
Advice
In-depth, tailored advice from experienced tattoo artists
Hygiene
Strictly controlled hygiene rules followed before, during and after all tattoo sessions
Tattoo ID
Documentation and tracking individual’s tattoo histories
Aftercare
Professional wound treatment and aftercare appointment, free of charge
Research
For two years now edding has been testing the properties of their tattoo inks. edding has plans to expand its dermatological tattoo research in the future.
CLEAN BUSINESS
Hygiene concept
We are committed to making tattooing as safe as possible. This is noticeable from the first steps in our studio: dermatologists, tattoo artists and hygiene experts are equally responsible for the design and operation of the edding TATTOO studio.
Together with them, edding has developed a unique new safety and hygiene concept that expands the legally prescribed minimum guidelines with new concepts and stricter standards developed in-house. In the following you will find the building blocks of our hygiene concept in detail:
The following measures are in place in the studio to ensure customer safety:
- Clear separation of our tattoo area from the lounge area
- Sealed, wipeable surfaces in the tattoo area for the highest possible standard of hygiene
- Use of disposable furniture and device covers in the tattoo area
- Thorough cleaning and disinfection of the workplace before and after each tattoo session
- Thorough cleaning of the entire tattoo area at the end of each day
- Visible cleaning policies and certificates
- No-contact water taps
Before tattooing:
- Disinfection of all surfaces, devices and materials to be used
- Covering of the tattoo chair, work table, devices and materials to be used with hygienic film
- Unpacking and preparation of sterile, disposable ink caps, disposable razors and other necessary materials
During tattooing:
- Use of a disposable edding tattoo pen, which only contains ingredients approved in accordance with the German Cosmetics Regulation
- Disinfection of the skin and application of the stencil
- Tattooing with with sterile grips and needle modules
After tattooing
- Free, tailored wound care based on the size and location of the tattoo
- Disposal of all materials used in the corresponding waste bins
- Cleaning and disinfection of the workplace
- The edding tattoo inks are exclusively bottled in small volumes in disposable, non-resealable packaging. This guarantees immediate use during your tattoo session.
- We mainly use Cheyenne tattoo machines, which are easy to clean and disinfect. A sterile needle module is used together with disposable grips.
- Our use of disposable grips and needle modules means we completely avoid sterilising machines, thus eliminating a tattoo hygiene risk.
- Our other equipment is also disposable, including gloves, ink caps, razors and spatulas. We use sterile products whenever invasive contact with your skin may arise.
edding Safer Tattooing sets the highest standards in transparent tattoo safety, which anyone can verify thanks to our many internal and external guidelines – and visible hygiene and cleaning policies are just the beginning. The combination of our own guidelines, EU and Germany-wide standards, official inspections, and recognised quality certifications ensures that we offer maximum safety every day in the studio.
Below you’ll find a list of all the certifications and standards that are fulfilled by the edding tattoo studio:
- DIN EN ISO 9001 (Quality Management System)
- DIN EN ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System)
- DIN EN ISO 22716 (Cosmetics – Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP))
- DIN EN 17169 (Tattooing – Safe and Hygienic Practice)
TRUST IS GOOD, CHECKS ARE BETTER.
Control measures
In addition to mandatory inspections conducted by the relevant health authorities, our concept is audited and approved once a year by another independent, external hygiene institute for maximum safety every day in the studio.
An overview of our control measures:
We work closely with regional health authorities to ensure we meet all legal standards.
Before their employment, every tattoo artist must attend a company medical examination in accordance with the G42 occupational medicine standard.
The studio is inspected and the hygiene policy is audited and adjusted as necessary once a year by a hygiene specialist.
To ensure that we maintain our stated hygiene standards, we undergo annual audits for re-certification.
We also continuously review and optimise our studio processes internally. As the designated hygiene officer, our studio manager is responsible for the day-to-day compliance with our standards.
edding conducts annual internal audits to ensure that all the requirements of the safety and hygiene concept are met.
FOR THOSE WHO LIKE TO READ THE SMALL PRINT
Rules & Key Principles
The following guiedelines and rules form the basis or starting point of the edding tattoo hygiene concept:
- DIN EN 17169 (Tattooing – Safe and Hygienic Practice)
- Hygiene rules for tattoo and piercing studios – Hamburg Health Authority
- The Hamburg Regulation on the Prevention of Communicable Diseases
- German Drinking Water Ordinance (Trinkwasserverordnung, TrinkwV )
- German Ordinance on Biological Substances (Biostoffverordnung, BiostoffV) in connection with the Technical Rule for Biological Agents (TRBA 250 - Biological agents in health care and welfare facilities)
- The German Infection Protection Act (Infektionsschutzgesetz, IfSG) builds the basis for hygienic relevant guidelines.
In addition our hygiene concept also draws inspiration from the following medical standards:
- KRINKO-recommendations from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI)
- Recommendations from the German Society for Clinical Hygiene (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Krankenhaushygiene, DGKH)