The internet is full of the question of how to make a homemade hand sanitiser from spirit. In a salon that road ends badly: for services breaking the skin, the law requires procedures, and the product must have a marketing authorisation. Below: what actually applies in 2026, which products to buy, and which documents to show at an inspection<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Briefly: no. The questions “how to make a sanitiser from spirit” and “homemade disinfectant” came back to search engines from the pandemic era, but the answer for a professional is different than for a household.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At home, a DIY mix is your risk and your own skin. In a salon you work on clients’ skin, often breaking it: manicure, brows, piercing, minor treatments. A disinfectant used professionally is a biocidal product, and biocidal products may only be marketed and used with a marketing authorisation (the Act of 9 October 2015 on biocidal products<\/a>, Dz.U. 2015 item 1926, implementing EU Regulation 528\/2012<\/a>). A homemade mix has no authorisation, no confirmed concentration or spectrum, and will defend you neither against an infection nor at an inspection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spirit from a pharmacy is not the answer either: it is a raw material, not a finished preparation with tested efficacy and contact time. The difference is visible on the label, and it is the label that is your document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The legal anchors below are Polish, where this research was done. If you run a salon elsewhere, the same three questions apply, with your national sanitary authority in place of GIS; check your local rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Procedures are mandatory.<\/strong> Art. 16 of the Act of 5 December 2008 on preventing and combating infections and infectious diseases in humans<\/a> requires everyone performing treatments that break tissue continuity to implement and apply procedures protecting against infections: conduct during the treatment, rules for using equipment subject to sterilisation, methods of disinfecting skin and mucous membranes, and decontamination of rooms and tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is no detailed regulation.<\/strong> The 2004 regulation on requirements for hairdressing and cosmetic establishments<\/a> expired on 1 January 2012, and the draft of a new one has not left consultations for years. Technical requirements are therefore not written down in a single act, which does not mean there are none: the statutory obligation of procedures remains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since August 2026 there is a new reference point.<\/strong> In August 2026 the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate published the “GIS hygiene and sanitary recommendations and requirements for services in the beauty industry<\/a>“: the first comprehensive study in years, with six appendices and decontamination tables per service, from hairdressing to piercing. It is not law, only recommendations, but this is what an inspection will look at, and the safest base for your own procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three questions for every bottle before it lands at the station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Is it in the register.<\/strong> A biocidal product has a marketing authorisation number and an entry in the Register of Biocidal Products<\/a> kept by the Registration Office. The number is on the label, the register is public. An “antibacterial” cosmetic is not the same thing: it is not a disinfectant for the station or the tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What spectrum does it have.<\/strong> The label declares what the product works against: bacteria, fungi, viruses, mycobacteria. Hands and skin need a narrower spectrum, tools and surfaces after treatments involving blood need a fuller one. You match the product to the service, not one to everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What is its contact time.<\/strong> Every preparation works only after a specific time and at a specific concentration, and that is on the label too. Wiping the counter and immediately seating the next client is not disinfection, even with the most expensive product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Separate products for hands, separate for surfaces, separate for tools: that is the minimum the GIS recommendations expect. And so that products do not run out on a Friday evening, treat them like any material: in the inventory<\/a> preparations come off stock like other consumables, so you see usage and reorder before you run dry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Proper disinfection sounds like a big expense, so let us calculate with open assumptions: one station, 8 visits a day, 24 working days. Prices from Polish professional shops, as of August 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In total about 215\u2013225 z\u0142 a month. With a 90 z\u0142 visit that is less than the takings from three visits: hygiene in line with the GIS recommendations is not a line item worth saving on, because the saving is illusory. The biggest item is the tool jar. If you want to bring it down, compare the cost of a litre of working solution, not the bottle price: concentrates dosed at 0.5\u20132%, like Viruton Extra at 99 z\u0142\/l (ladiosa.pl<\/a>), give a litre of solution for 0.5\u20132 z\u0142 versus about 7 z\u0142 from a 1:16 concentrate, just check the spectrum and contact time on the label. Add one-off purchases: dispensers, jars with a lid and strainer, waste containers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These numbers are a model, not a price list: substitute your own visit count and invoice prices, and you will see the real usage in the inventory after the first month of write-offs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Art. 16 says what the procedures must regulate, and the GIS recommendations suggest how to write them out. In practice a salon should have in writing at least:<\/p>\n\n\n\n A procedure does not have to be a treatise. It has to be concrete enough for a new team member to perform it without questions: product, concentration, time, order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A sanitary inspection usually asks about three things: written procedures, products with visible labels and authorisations, and confirmations of processes, including sterilisation controls where required. The difference between disinfection and sterilisation is a topic for a separate piece: disinfection reduces the number of microorganisms, sterilisation delivers sterility and concerns tools that break the skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is worth keeping in one binder or folder: procedures with the implementation date, a list of products in use with authorisation numbers, manufacturers’ instructions, and confirmations of team training. At an inspection what counts is not only that you disinfect, but that you can show it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Is a homemade hand sanitiser fit for a salon?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n No. In professional use a disinfectant is a biocidal product, which must have a marketing authorisation and an entry in the Registration Office’s register. A homemade spirit mix has no confirmed concentration, spectrum or action time, so it neither protects clients nor stands up at an inspection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Is spirit enough to disinfect tools?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n No. Spirit is a raw material, not a preparation with tested efficacy. Tools are disinfected with products with a declared spectrum and contact time, and those breaking the skin additionally require sterilisation. The GIS recommendations of August 2026 spell out tool handling per service, from hairdressing to piercing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What procedures must a beauty salon have?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Art. 16 of the Act of 5 December 2008 requires procedures from anyone breaking tissue continuity: conduct during the treatment, rules of equipment sterilisation, skin disinfection, and decontamination of rooms and tools. In practice that means written rules for hand, surface and tool hygiene and post-exposure conduct, concrete enough for a new team member to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Are the 2026 GIS guidelines mandatory?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Formally they are recommendations, not regulations: the statutory obligation remains the procedures under art. 16. In practice the GIS recommendations of August 2026 are the first complete reference point in years and the safest basis for writing your own procedures, because that is what an inspection will look at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This article is for information purposes and does not replace legal advice. The primary source is always the current legal acts and GIS guidelines, and regulations and their interpretations change. Before implementing changes in your salon, discuss any doubts with a lawyer or directly with your local sanitary-epidemiological station.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Procedures and products are half of the order. The other half is records: in Altegio preparations come off stock like consumables, and the visit history shows who worked, when, and at which station<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Try 7 days free<\/a> \u00b7 See pricing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Why a homemade sanitiser will protect neither your clients nor you at an inspection: how to choose an authorised product, which procedures to put in writing, and what salon hygiene really costs per month<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":26892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[322],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-juridico"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tThe law in 2026: what applies in Poland<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Products: how to choose a disinfectant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How much salon hygiene costs per month<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The procedures you must have in writing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Documentation: what you show at an inspection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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