{"ref":"FL-HH-IC-02","title":"Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control, Sharps, and Biomedical Waste","category":"Infection control","summary":"Sets the Agency's exposure control plan under the OSHA bloodborne pathogens standard (exposure determination, safer sharps, PPE, hepatitis B vaccination within 10 working days with the mandatory declination, confidential post-exposure evaluation, training, and records, including the sharps injury log) and its biomedical waste plan under Florida Department of Health rules (telling patients how to handle home-generated waste, removing waste staff generate, red bags and sharps containers, labeling, the 30-day storage limit, transport, and training).","inShort":["Put used needles straight into a sharps container. Never recap them.","If you are stuck by a needle or splashed with blood, wash right away and call the nurse during the visit. You will be sent for care at once.","We offer the hepatitis B vaccine free. If you decline, you must sign the declination, and you can still get it later.","Bring the waste you create out of the home in sealed, labeled containers. Teach patients how to throw away their own needles safely."],"primaryCitation":"29 CFR §1910.1030","citations":["Rule 59A-8.0095(2)(b), F.A.C.","Chapter 64E-16, F.A.C.","Rule 64E-16.001(4), F.A.C.","Rule 64E-16.003, F.A.C.","Rule 64E-16.004, F.A.C.","Rule 64E-16.005, F.A.C.","Rule 64E-16.006(1), F.A.C.","Rule 64E-16.009(1), F.A.C.","Rule 64E-16.011(1), F.A.C.","s. 381.0098, F.S."],"federalCitations":["29 CFR §1910.1030","29 CFR §1910.1030(c)","29 CFR §1910.1030(f)","29 CFR §1910.1030(g)(2)","29 CFR §1910.1030(h)","29 CFR Part 1904","29 CFR §1910.1020"],"surveyorAsks":["Show me your exposure control plan and the date of its last annual review.","Show me this nurse's hepatitis B vaccination record or signed declination."],"forms":[{"ref":"FL-HH-IC-02-A","title":"Exposure Incident Report and Post-Exposure Follow-Up"},{"ref":"FL-HH-IC-02-B","title":"Hepatitis B Vaccine Declination"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (29 CFR §1910.1030; Chapter 64E-16, F.A.C.)","5. Exposure Control Plan","6. Exposure Determination","7. Methods of Compliance","8. Hepatitis B Vaccination","9. Exposure Incidents and Post-Exposure Follow-Up","10. Training","11. Records and the Sharps Injury Log","12. Biomedical Waste: Written Operating Plan","13. Biomedical Waste Generated by Staff in the Home","14. Waste Patients Generate Themselves","15. Responsibilities","16. Records and Compliance Monitoring","17. Staff Training","18. References","19. Related Policies and Forms","20. Approval","21. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"fl-hha","state":"Florida","service":"Home health","guides":[{"path":"/guides/infection-control-policy/","h1":"What should a home care infection control policy include?"},{"path":"/guides/home-health-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies and procedures are required for home health agencies?"},{"path":"/guides/home-health-conditions-of-participation/","h1":"Home health Conditions of Participation: which policies each one needs"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}