Section 1200-14-05-.05 - DETERMINING EXPOSUREThese diseases include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Airborne Diseases. (a) Occupational exposure to airborne pathogens may occur when an ERE shares air space with a patient who has an infectious disease caused by an agent communicable by airborne transmission.(2) Bloodborne Diseases.(a) Occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens may occur as the result of contact during the performance of normal job duties with blood or other body fluids to which universal precautions apply. When ERE's have contact with body fluids under emergency circumstances in which differentiation between fluid types is difficult, if not impossible, all body fluids are considered potentially hazardous.(b) Universal Precautions, as outlined in "Guidelines for Prevention of Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B Virus to Health-Care and Public-Safety-Workers", as produced by the Centers for Disease Control Guidelines for Prevention of Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B Virus to Health-Care and Public-Safety Workers, [Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 23 June 1989, 38 (S-6)] are recommended for all ERE's to reduce the risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1200-14-05-.05
Original rule filed August 4, 1998; effective October 18, 1998.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-3-1803(1),(10), 4-5-209, 68-10-117, 68-140-509, and 68-140-518.