This publication, by means of 30 technical-informative “Sheets”, illustrates the biological risk in miscellaneous sectors, such as:

• indoor non-industrial workplaces (i.e. offices, schools);
• food industry;
• solid waste collection;
• sewage treatment;
• household healthcare;
• tattoo and piercing centers (according to the most recent trends).

Each “sheet”, referred to a particular activity, provides the following information:

• main sources of hazard;
• kinds of biological agents potentially involved;
• ways of exposure;
• effects on health;
• specific preventive and protective measures;
• suggestions for an environmental monitoring.