§ 23-1.11-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the term: (1) “Employer” means those individuals or corporations with employees who have the potential to be exposed to blood-borne pathogens through a needlestick or other contaminated sharps; (2) “Engineering controls” means controls including sharps disposal containers, self-sheathing needles, safer medical devices such as sharps with engineered […]
§ 23-1.11-2. Purpose. The Needlestick Safety and Injury Prevention Act includes all aspects related to engineering controls, revision and updating of an exposure control plan and record keeping. History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 372, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 382, § 1.
§ 23-1.11-3. Devices. Sharps with engineered sharps injury protections shall include an array of devices that make injury involving a contaminated sharps less likely, and include, but are not limited to, syringes with a sliding sheath that shields the attached needle after use; needles that retract into a syringe after use; shielded or retracting catheters […]
§ 23-1.11-4. Needleless systems. Needleless systems provide an alternative to needles for the specified procedures, reducing the risk of percutaneous injury involving contaminated sharps and shall include, but are not limited to, intravenous medication delivery systems that administer medications or fluids through a catheter port or connector site using a blunt cannula or other non-needle […]
§ 23-1.11-5. Engineering controls. Engineering controls shall include sharps with engineered sharps injury protections and needleless systems designed to reduce the risk of percutaneous exposure to blood-borne pathogens. History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 372, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 382, § 1.
§ 23-1.11-6. Exposure control plan. An exposure control plan will include requirements that employers document consideration and implementation of the safer medical devices that are appropriate, commercially available, and effective. No one medical device is appropriate in all circumstances of use. For purposes of this standard, an appropriate safer medical device includes only devices whose […]
§ 23-1.11-7. Employer requirement. Every employer is required to: (1) document annually in the exposure control plan consideration and implementation of appropriate commercially available and safer medical devices designed to eliminate or minimize occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens; (2) solicit input from nonmanagerial employees responsible for direct patient care who are potentially exposed to injuries […]
§ 23-1.11-8. Sharps injury log. To serve as a tool in identifying high risk areas and evaluating devices, a sharps injury log will be established and maintained by the employer. The log will be for percutaneous injuries from contaminated sharps. The information in the sharps injury log shall be recorded and maintained in such manner […]
