title: Adherence and knowledge about the use of personal protective equipment among manicurists.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to assess adherence and knowledge of manicures/pedicures on the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
  
  
  METHODS
  It was a survey with 235 manicures/pedicures in salons, Belo Horizonte/Brazil. Data were analyzed with the software Statistical package for the social sciences (17.0), using descriptive statistics, chi-square and logistic regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The adherence and the knowledge of the professional were evaluated using the median of the results, obtaining 52% and 63% respectively. The professionals younger than 31 were more likely (2.54 times) to adhere to PPE and those who claimed to have done biosafety course and to use uniform during work, had better chance of understanding (2.86 and 3.12 times, respectively). The majority (83.4 %) stated that the use of PPE should occur for all procedures, meanwhile 71.5 % cited not use them.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results indicate the poor adherence to PPE, strengthen occupational biological risk and need for training of these professionals.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Juliana Ladeira
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Garbaccio
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Básica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Adriana Cristina
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001505:Beauty Culture; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009262:Nails; D016272:Occupational Health; D000067393:Personal Protective Equipment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult