Evaluación de la efectividad de los procesos de desinfección de los utensilios en salones de belleza en un municipio de Cundinamarca

Evaluación de la efectividad de los procesos de desinfección de los utensilios en salones de belleza en un municipio de Cundinamarca

Procedures carried out in beauty parlors in Colombia, are ruled by the government through the Secretarie ofHealth, which control and verify the stated requirements in the Biosafety Manual for this kind of service, in orderto make it hygienic and keep communities from allergies and apidemies due to infectious agents. This study washeld in thirteen beauty parlors in a town in Cundinamarca, where the government had offered some training. Thesearch was focused on the assessment of the bacteria found in the tools which were ready to be used.

Four samples were taken from four different tools in each beauty parlor. They were taken by using the “sterilehisopo” technique, They were set in liquid. Growth of bacteria was verified macro and microscopically. Isolationwas made in selective and differential media, and biochemical identification was done, which confirmed the presenceof bacteria such as Staphylococcus epidermidis, Escherichia coli, Citrobacter freundi, Klebsiella oxytocaand Pseudomonas aeruginosa among other opportunistic microorganisms which may cause infections, somefecal contamination indicators were all found of these and show deficiencies in the asepsis and hygiene processwhen carrying out the service.

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14. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22490/24629448.375