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<br /> Definitions (Continued):
<br /> • OTHER POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS MATERIALS (OPIM): 1) The following
<br /> human body fluids: semen, vaginal secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid,
<br /> pleural fluid, pericardial fluid, peritoneal fluid, amniotic fluid, saliva in dental
<br /> procedures, and all body fluids in situations contaminated with blood, and all
<br /> body fluids in situations where it is difficult or impossible to differentiate between
<br /> body fluids; 2) Any unfixed tissue or organ (other than intact skin) from a human
<br /> (living or dead); and 3) HIV-containing cell or tissue cultures, organ cultures, and
<br /> HIB- or HBV- containing culture medium or other solutions; and blood, organs, or
<br /> other tissues from experimental animals infected with HIV or HBV. Also includes
<br /> the following if there is visible blood: feces, nasal secretions, sputum, sweat,
<br /> tears, urine, vomitus and saliva (other than dental procedures).
<br /> • PARENTERAL: piercing mucous membranes or the skin barrier through such
<br /> events as needlesticks, human bites, cuts, and abrasions.
<br /> • PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE): specialized clothing or
<br /> equipment worn by an employee for protection against a hazard. General work
<br /> clothes (e.g., uniforms, pants, shirts, or blouses) not intended to function as
<br /> protection against a hazard is not considered to be personal protective
<br /> equipment.
<br /> • REGULATED WASTE: liquid or semi-liquid blood or other potentially infectious
<br /> materials; contaminated items that would release blood or other potentially
<br /> infectious materials in a liquid or semi-liquid state if compressed; items that are
<br /> caked with dried blood or other potentially infectious materials and are capable
<br /> of releasing these materials during handling; contaminated sharps; and
<br /> pathological and microbiological wastes containing blood or other potentially
<br /> infectious materials.
<br /> • SHARPS: items that may puncture the skin (e.g. needles, broken glass).
<br /> • SOURCE INDIVIDUAL: any individual, living or dead, whose blood or other
<br /> potentially infectious materials may be a source of occupational exposure to the
<br /> employee. Examples include, but are not limited to, hospital and clinic patients,
<br /> clients in institutions for the developmentally disabled, trauma victims, clients of
<br /> drug and alcohol treatment facilities, residents of hospices and nursing homes,
<br /> human remains, an individuals who donate or sell blood or blood components.
<br /> • STERILIZE: the use of a physical or chemical procedure to destroy all microbial
<br /> life including highly resistant bacterial endospores.
<br /> • SUPERVISOR: an employee who oversees the work of another employee (e.g.
<br /> EMS Lieutenant). The responsibilities of the Supervisor are listed in the
<br /> "Responsibilities" section of this plan.
<br /> • TUBERCULOSIS (TB): an infectious airborne pathogen.
<br /> • UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS: an approach to infection control. According to the
<br /> concept of universal precautions, all human blood and blood components
<br /> including serum; other body fluids such as semen, vaginal secretions,
<br /> cerebrospinal, synovial, pleural, peritoneal, pericardial, and amniotic fluids are
<br /> treated as if they are infectious for HIV, HBV, and other bloodborne pathogens.
<br /> • WORK PRACTICE CONTROLS: controls that reduce the likelihood of exposure
<br /> by altering the manner in which a task is performed (e.g. prohibiting recapping of
<br /> needles by a two-handed technique).
<br /> Revised February,2013
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