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| Scope. |
| Planning. |
| Determine if you have employees with occupational exposure. |
| Develop and implement a written exposure control plan. |
| Training. |
| Provide training to your employees. |
| Provide additional training. |
| Maintain training records. |
| Hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccinations. |
| Make hepatitis B vaccination available to employees. |
| Obtain a copy of the health care professional's written opinion for hepatitis B vaccination and provide it to the employee. |
| Control employee exposure. |
| Use feasible controls, including appropriate equipment and safer medical devices, to eliminate or minimize occupational exposure. |
| Handle contaminated sharps properly and safely. |
| Handle reusable sharps properly and safely. |
| Minimize splashing, spraying, splattering, and generation of droplets. |
| Make sure items are appropriately labeled. |
| Make sure employees clean their hands. |
| Prohibit food, drink, and other personal activities in the work area. |
| Prohibit pipetting or suctioning by mouth. |
| Place specimens in an appropriate container. |
| Examine and label contaminated equipment. |
| Make sure your worksite is maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. |
| Handle regulated waste properly and safely. |
| Handle contaminated laundry properly and safely. |
| Personal protective equipment (PPE). |
| Provide and make sure personal protective equipment is used when there is occupational exposure. |
| Make sure gloves are worn. |
| Make sure appropriate masks, eye protection, and face shields are worn. |
| Wear appropriate protective clothing. |
| Make resuscitator devices available. |
| Maintain personal protective equipment. |
| Post-exposure requirements. |
| Make a confidential medical evaluation and follow-up available to employees who experience an exposure incident. |
| Test the blood of the source person. |
| Provide the results of the source person's blood test to the exposed employee. |
| Collect and test the blood of the exposed employee. |
| Provide information to the health care professional evaluating the employee. |
| Obtain and provide a copy of the health care professional's written opinion on post-exposure evaluation to the employee. |
| Records. |
| Establish and maintain medical records. |
| Maintain a sharps injury log. |
| Additional requirements for HIV and HBV research laboratories and production facilities. |
| Prepare, review, and update a biosafety manual. |
| Follow these special practices for the work area. |
| Make sure these practices for contaminated material and waste are followed. |
| Make sure these special practices for personal protective equipment (PPE) and other safe guards are followed. |
| Protect vacuum lines. |
| Use and handle hypodermic needles and syringes appropriately and safely. |
| Handle all spills and accidents properly. |
| Post signs. |
| Provide additional training for facility employees. |
| Furnish a sink for washing hands and a readily available eye wash facility. |
| Make sure these additional criteria are followed for HIV and HBV production facilities. |
| Definitions. |