EXPOSURE INCIDENT (OR SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE): 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.
HBV: Hepatitis B virus.
HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus.
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.
OTHER POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS MATERIALS:
A. 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;
B. Any unfixed tissue or organ (other than intact skin) from a human (living or dead); and
C. 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.
PARENTERAL: Piercing mucous membranes or the skin barrier by means of a needle stick, human bite, cut, and/or abrasion.
REGULATED WASTE: A liquid or semiliquid blood or other potentially infectious materials.
SOURCE INDIVIDUAL: Any individual, living or dead, whose blood or other potentially infectious materials may be a source of occupational exposure to the employee.
UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS: 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. (2019 Compilation)