Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 36, September 6, 2024
Section 64-82-3 - Definitions3.1. Annual Report. -- A quality improvement report, submitted to the director on a yearly basis, including a summary of trends in needlestick injuries and suggestions as to whether or how protective mechanisms or work practice control could be utilized to prevent the injuries.3.2. Contaminated. -- The presence or the reasonably anticipated presence of blood or other potentially infectious materials on a surface or in or on an item.3.3. Engineered Sharps Injury Protection. 3.3.a. A physical attribute built into a needle device used for withdrawing body fluids, accessing a vein or artery, or administering medications or other fluids, which effectively reduces the risk of an exposure incident by a mechanism such as barrier creation, blunting, encapsulation, withdrawal or other effective mechanisms; or3.3.b. A physical attribute built into any other type of needle device, or into a non-needle sharp, which effectively reduces the risk of an exposure incident.3.4. Engineering Controls. -- Sharps prevention technology including, but not limited to, systems not using needles and needles with engineered sharps injury protection that isolate or remove the bloodborne pathogens hazard from the workplace.3.5. Exposure incident. -- A specific eye, mouth, or other mucous membrane, non-intact skin, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that results from the performance of an employee=s duties.3.6. HBV. -- Hepatitis B virus.3.7. HCV. -- Hepatitis C virus.3.8. HIV. -- Human immunodeficiency virus.3.9. Occupational Exposure. -- Reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that may result from the performance of an employee=s duties. 3.10. Protective Equipment. -- Specialized clothing or equipment worn by an employee for protection against a hazard. General work clothes (e.g., uniforms, pants, shirts, or blouses) not intended to function as protection against a hazard are not considered to be protective equipment.3.11. Quarterly Report. -- A quarterly supplement to the annual report, reported to the director, containing the specific information of each exposure incident as set forth in section five of this rule and a cover sheet with patterns of needlestick and sharps injuries that the facility has identified.3.12. Sharps. -- Any object used or encountered by a health care worker that can be reasonably anticipated to penetrate the skin or any other part of the body, and to result in an exposure incident, including, but not limited to, hollow-bore needles or sharp instruments, including, but not limited to, needles, lancets, and scalpels.