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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Andréia Cristine Deneluz Schunck de Oliveira, Roberto Focaccia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000500013&lng=en&tlng=en