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Blood means human blood, human blood components, and products made from human blood.
Bloodborne Pathogens means pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans. These pathogens include,
but are not limited to, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Clinical Laboratory means a workplace where diagnostic or other screening procedures are performed on blood or other potential infectious materials.
Contaminated means the presence or the reasonably anticipated presence of blood or other potentially infectious materials on an item or
surface.
Contaminated Laundry means laundry which as been soiled with blood or other potentially infectious materials or may contain sharps.
Decontamination means the use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate, or destroy bloodborne pathogens on a surface or item to
the point where they are no longer capable or transmitting infectious particles and the surface or item is rendered safe for
handling, use, or disposal.
Engineering Controls means controls (e.g., sharp disposal containers, self-sheathing needles) that isolate or remove the bloodborne pathogens
hazard from the workplace.
Exposure Incident means a specific eye, mouth, 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.
Handwashing Facilities means a facility providing an adequate supply of running potable water, soap and single use towels or hot air drying machines.
Licensed Healthcare Professional is a person whose legally permitted scope of practice allows him or her to independently perform the activities required
by paragraph (f) Hepatitis B vaccination and Pose-exposure Evaluation and Follow-Up.
HBV means hepatitis B virus.
HIV means human immunodeficiency virus.
Needleless Systems means a device that does not use needles for: (A) the collection of bodily fluids or withdrawal of body fluids after initial
venous or arterial access is established; (B) the administration of medication or fluids; or (C) any other procedure involving
the potential for occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens due to percutaneous injuries from contaminated sharps.
Occupational Exposure means reasonable 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.
Other Potentially Infectious Materials means
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The following human body fluids: semen, vaginal secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, pleural fluid, pericardial
fluid, peritoneal fluid, amniotic fluid, saliva in dental procedures, any body fluid that is visibly contaminated with blood,
and all body fluids in situations where it is difficult or impossible to differentiate between body fluids;
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Any unfixed tissue or organ (other than intact skin) from a human (living or dead); and iii.HIV containing cell or tissue
cultures, organ cultures, and HIV or HBV containing culture medium or other solutions,; and blood, organs, or other tissues
from experimental animals infected with HIV or HBV.
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Parenteral means piercing mucous membranes or the skin barrier through such events as needle sticks, human bits, cuts, and abrasions.
Personal Protective Equipment is 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 personal protective
equipment.
Regulated Waste means liquid or semi-liquid blood or other potentially infectious materials; contaminated items that would release blood
or other potentially infectious materials in a liquid or semi-liquid state if compressed; items that are caked with dried
blood or other potentially infectious materials and are capable or releasing these materials during handling; contaminated
sharps; and pathological and microbiological wastes containing blood or other potentially infectious materials.
Sharps means any object that can penetrate the skin including, but not limited to, needles, scalpels, broken glass, broken capillary
tubes, and exposed ends of dental wires.
Source Individual means any individual, living or dead, whose blood or other potentially infectious materials may be a source of occupational
exposure to the employee. Examples include, but are not limited to, hospital and clinic patients; clients in institutions
for the developmentally disabled; trauma victims; clients of drug and alcohol treatment facilities; residents or hospices
and nursing homes; human remains; and individuals who donate or sell blood or blood components.
Sterilize means the use of a physical or chemical procedure to destroy all microbial life including highly resistant bacterial endospores.
Universal Precautions is an approach to infection control. According to the concept of Universal Precautions, all human blood and certain human
body fluids are treated as if known to be infectious for HIV, HBV, and other bloodborne pathogens.
Work Practice Controls means controls that reduce the likelihood of exposure by altering the manner in which a task is performed (e.g., prohibiting
recapping of needles by a two-handed technique).
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