Employees are responsible for ensuring that equipment or surfaces are cleaned with an appropriate disinfectant and decontaminated immediately after a spill or leakage occurs and at the end of the work shift. Employees have been instructed to clean reusable receptacles with a reasonable likelihood for becoming contaminated with an appropriate disinfectant and replace protective coverings for surfaces and equipment after contamination or at the end of the work shift. Implements used for cleaning will be cleaned and decontaminated if necessary. Sharps containers are closable, puncture and leak-proof. Reusable sharps that are contaminated with blood or other infectious materials are stored and processed in a way that does not require employees to reach, by hand, into the containers where these sharps have been placed.
Most items used are disposable.
Those contaminated items, which may require laundering, are handled as little as possible and cleaned on site. An evaluation of the exempt status of employees who have previously received the complete hepatitis B vaccination series, antibody testing has revealed that the employee is immune, or the vaccine is contraindicated for medical reasons, has been made. At risk employees who declined the hepatitis B vaccine have signed a copy of the OSHA's hepatitis B vaccine declination. A copy is included in their confidential medical record. A sample of the labels is included in this plan.