All professionals interviewed were women, the average age was 30, have 10 years of experience (11%), work an average of 8 hours per day (57%), employed less than a year in that salon (34%). About education 55% had completed high school, 54% had done some training course in the field, yet 38% became manicure/pedicure by their own initiative. Moreover 76% hadn’t got instruction about biosafety. Among the 200 participants, 66% reported having experienced accidents with needlestick material working. There was no statistical association (p>0.05) between demographic profile and accidents, except for education level. Those with complete high school qualification have injured the most (38%/p=0.02). In 65% of the cases, pliers to remove cuticle were the agent of the accident. Some professionals (57%) take care of their own nails using the material that was used in their customers and 52% mentioned have been injured while removing their own cuticle. Only 33% washed the local with water after accidents. Regarding immunization status, 54% had received the hepatitis B vaccine and 68% tetanus.