Protective gloves
BIOPRO 860
MAPA Professionnel
The growing awareness of the risk of viral transmission through contact with blood and biological liquids has led to increased vigilance over the past thirty years.
The 1970s witnessed the emergence of risks related to the Hepatitis B virus, followed by the AIDS virus in the 1980s, while the Hepatitis C virus was identified in 1989.
Faced with these risks, the increased efforts being made have taken on even greater importance with the occurrence of a number of cases of accidental transmission. Several dozen cases of seroconversion in the working environment have been officially recorded subsequent to a Blood Exposure Accident (BEA). By way of example, in the medical field, thirteen cases of HIV seroconversion and forty-seven cases of HCV seroconversion have been observed to date.
A BEA is defined as being "any percutaneous exposure (percutaneous accident: needleprick, cut, etc.) or contact of damaged skin or mucous (mucocutaneous contact) with blood or a biological liquid tainted with blood".
There are many professions requiring thousands of staff to perform handling operations which expose them to the daily risk of biological contamination in the event of a Blood Exposure Accident.
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