La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XXXIII-1202
AIDS- acquired immune deficiency syndrome, as determined by the Federal Centers for Disease Control.
Board- Louisiana State Board of Dentistry.
Dental Health Care Provider- any dentist, dental hygienist, or other personnel working under the supervision of a dentist in a dental health care setting who may perform exposure-prone procedures during patient care.
Disinfect- to inactivate virtually all recognized pathogenic microorganisms, but not necessarily all microbial forms (e.g. bacterial endospores) on inanimate objects.
Exposure-Prone Procedure- an invasive procedure in which there is an increased risk of percutaneous injury to the practitioner by virtue of digital palpation of a needle tip or other sharp instrument in a body cavity or the simultaneous presence of the practitioner's fingers and a needle or other sharp instrument or object in a poorly visualized or highly confined anatomic site, or any other invasive procedure in which there is a significant risk of contact between the blood or body fluids of the dental health care provider and the blood or body fluids of the patient.
Function Ancillary to an Invasive Procedure- the preparation, processing, or handling of blood, fluids, tissues or instruments which may be introduced into or come into contact with any body cavity, internal organ, subcutaneous tissue, submucosal tissue, mucus membrane or percutaneous wound of the human body in connection with the performance of an invasive procedure.
HBV- the Hepatitis B Virus.
HBV Seronegative- a condition where one has been HBV seropositive but is no longer infectious under the criteria of the Federal Centers for Disease Control or the Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors, or where one has never been infected with HBV.
HBV Seropositive- a condition where one has developed antigens sufficient to diagnosis seropositivity to HBV evidencing infectability under the criteria of the Federal Centers for Disease Control or the Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors.
HCV- the Hepatitis C virus.
HCV Seronegative- a condition where one has been HCV seropositive but is no longer infectious under the criteria of the Federal Centers for Disease Control or the Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors, or where one has never been infected with HCV.
HCV Seropositive- a condition where one has developed antigens sufficient to diagnose seropositivity to HCV evidencing infectability under the criteria of the Federal Centers for Disease Control or the Association of State Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors.
HIV- any strain of the human immunodeficiency virus.
HIV Seropositive- a condition where one has developed antibodies sufficient to diagnose seropositivity to HIV under the criteria of the Federal Centers for Disease Control or of the Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors.
Invasive Procedure- any surgical or other diagnostic or therapeutic procedure involving manual or instrumental contact with or entry into any blood, body fluids, cavity, internal organ, subcutaneous tissue, mucous membrane, or percutaneous wound of the human body.
Standard Precautions -those generally accepted infection control practices defined by the Federal Centers for Disease Control as standard precautions in addition to proper hygiene by the dental health care provider; the use of personal protective equipment including, but not limited to, gloves, masks, eye protection, and gowns; proper cleaning and decontamination of patient care equipment; cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces and injury prevention through engineering controls or safer work practices.
Sterilization- the process by which all forms of microorganisms within an environment are totally destroyed.
La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XXXIII-1202