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Provedor de dados: 	55	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Survey of hepatitis B and C infection control: procedures at manicure and pedicure facilities in São Paulo, Brazil	
Autores: 	Oliveira,Andréia Cristine Deneluz Schunck de; Focaccia,Roberto.	
Data: 	2010-10-01	
Ano: 	2010	
Resumo: 	Bleeding due to the habit of removing the cuticles of the finger and toes nails, without appropriate sterilization of instruments can be an important factor of contamination by hepatitis B and C viruses. The objectives of this study were to verify the use of standards on biosafety in the routine work of manicurists and/or pedicurists located in São Paulo, Brazil; know the level of information they have about ways of transmission and prevention of hepatitis B and C; evaluate the degree of risk perception for accidental exposure to infectious agents; and to estimate the prevalence of serological markers of hepatitis B and C among them. This was descriptive, cross-sectional study that included a random sample of 100 manicurists and/or pedicurists working in beauty salons. We administered a questionnaire to obtain personal information about the characteristics of the participants, collected blood for hepatitis B and C serology and assessed the working environment. Adherence to the professional standards on biosafety has been inadequate, and we noted that only 5% used disposable gloves, none washed their hands, 93% did not previously cleaned their working material and only 7% used disposable materials. A low level of knowledge about the routes of transmission, prevention, standards of biosafety, and risk perception of the infectious agents in their professional activity was observed. One out of ten interviewed manicurist and/or pedicurist had serological markers of hepatitis B or C, with 8% of hepatitis B and 2% of hepatitis C	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000500013	
Editor: 	Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases	
Relação: 	10.1590/S1413-86702010000500013	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.14 n.5 2010	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess