{"ref":"MI-HH-IC-02","title":"Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan, Sharps, and Medical Waste","category":"Infection control","summary":"Sets out the Agency’s bloodborne pathogens exposure control plan under MIOSHA Occupational Health Standard Part 554, which binds Michigan employers whose employees have occupational exposure: exposure determination (Category A and B), the written plan and its annual review with safer devices and input from frontline staff, universal precautions, engineering and work practice controls, personal protective equipment at no cost, sharps containers and regulated waste, laundry and specimens, hepatitis B vaccination offered within 10 working days of initial assignment, post-exposure evaluation, training at assignment and every year, the sharps injury log, and record retention. Explains that the Michigan Medical Waste Regulatory Act does not treat waste generated by a home health care agency as \"medical waste\" and sets the Agency’s own handling standard.","inShort":["Treat all blood and body fluids as infectious. Wear the protective equipment the Agency gives you at no cost.","Put used sharps in a sharps container right away. Never recap, bend or break a needle.","The Agency offers the hepatitis B vaccine free within 10 working days of your assignment, after training. If you decline, you sign a form.","After a needlestick or splash, wash or flush at once, call the clinical manager, and get checked the same day.","Take bloodborne pathogens training when you start and every year."],"primaryCitation":"Mich. Admin. Code R 325.70001 to R 325.70018 (MIOSHA Part 554)","citations":["Mich. Admin. Code R 325.70001 to R 325.70018 (MIOSHA Part 554)","Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Act, MCL 408.1001 et seq.","Medical Waste Regulatory Act, MCL 333.13801 et seq.","Mich. Admin. Code R 408.22101 to R 408.22162 (MIOSHA Part 11)"],"federalCitations":["29 CFR §1910.1030","42 CFR §484.70(a)"],"surveyorAsks":["Show me your exposure control plan and the date of its last annual review, including the safer devices you considered.","Which job classifications are in Category A?"],"forms":[{"ref":"MI-HH-IC-02-A","title":"Exposure Incident Report and Post-Exposure Follow-Up"},{"ref":"MI-HH-IC-02-B","title":"Hepatitis B Vaccination Acceptance or Declination"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (Mich. Admin. Code R 325.70001 to R 325.70018 (MIOSHA Part 554))","5. Exposure Determination","6. The Exposure Control Plan","7. Engineering and Work Practice Controls","8. Personal Protective Equipment","9. Sharps, Regulated Waste, Laundry and Specimens","10. Medical Waste in the Home","11. Hepatitis B Vaccination","12. Exposure Incidents and Post-Exposure Follow-Up","13. Training","14. Records","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":"mi-hha","state":"Michigan","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}}