Survey of hepatitis B and C infection control: procedures at manicure and pedicure facilities in São Paulo, Brazil
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 wor...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000500013&lng=en&tlng=en |