BIOSAFETY ASSESSMENT IN ESTABLISHMENTS FOR MAKEUP APPLICATION

Abstract

The shared use of instruments for aesthetic procedures can result in contamination of both the utensils and the cosmetic that will be used in its original packaging and can be a source of disease transmission. This work aimed to evaluate the level of information that make-up professionals possess, through the application of a questionnaire about the biosafety measures inherent to the activities performed and also to determine the presence or absence of pathogenic bacteria in instruments used in makeup procedures, correlating the results found with the questionnaire responses. Five establishments participated in the research, each of which provided two devices for the application of makeup to try to isolate the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Also, each establishment presented a makeup professional to answer the questionnaire involving biosafety. There was no growth of the bacteria studied in the analyzed samples. However, one of them developed colonies compatible with Staphylococcus epidermidis. Regarding the questionnaire, some of the professionals’ answers indicated nonconformity with the legislation, such as the lack of EPI, the lack of a specific place for washing the materials, and the absence of enzymatic detergent for the cleaning of the makeup instruments, which indicates a higher risk of contamination. We can conclude that the bacteria of interest were not found in the samples, although the professionals of the establishments answered that they do not comply with some biosafety measures. However, it should be considered the possibility of other potentially pathogenic bacteria or fungi present in them.