Nev. Admin. Code § 444.00745
Current through December 12, 2024
"Sharps" means an object which has been or may have been contaminated with a pathogen through handling or during transportation and which is also capable of cutting or penetrating the skin, tissue, cartilage or mucosa of a person or a packaging material. The term includes, without limitation, needles, syringes, scalpels, broken glass, culture slides, culture dishes, broken capillary tubes, broken rigid plastic, Pasteur pipettes and similar items that have a point or sharp edge or which may break during transportation resulting in a point or sharp edge.
Nev. Admin. Code § 444.00745