Biosafety in beauty centers: knowledge and practices in a state capital in Northeast Brazil. / Biossegurança em serviço de embelezamento: conhecimento e práticas em uma capital do nordeste brasileiro.
Rev Gaucha Enferm
; 38(4): e2016-3, 2017.
Article
en En, Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29791534
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the knowledge and biosafety practices adopted by professionals of the beauty segment. METHODS Descriptive study, of survey type. 238 professionals of the beauty segment were interviewed between August 2014 and 2015. The variables were expressed by means of absolute and relative frequencies, as well as average and standard deviation. RESULTS 62.6% of the interviwed professionals reported having had contact with blood from customers when they were not wearing gloves; 74.4% said they washed their hands before and after each service, and only 16.8% of the respondents reported reusing nonsterilizable materials. None of them was able to inform the correct number of sets of tools needed , and 32.8% of the respondents did not use Personal Protective Equipment during their work activities. CONCLUSIONS The most frequently reported diseases associated with the risk of infection and transmission in the work activities were viral hepatitis, HIV and fungi. Regarding the biosafety procedures adopted, autoclave is the least used method for sterilizing devices.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Industria de la Belleza
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Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud
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Salud Laboral
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Control de Infecciones
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Contención de Riesgos Biológicos
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Modificación del Cuerpo no Terapéutica
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Equity_inequality
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
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Pt
Revista:
Rev Gaucha Enferm
Asunto de la revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Pais de publicación:
Brasil