Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XXXIII - Dental Health Profession › Chapter 12 - Transmission Prevention of Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, and Human Immunodeficiency Virus › Section XXXIII-1202 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. As used in this
				Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings specified.
AIDS
- acquired immune deficiency syndrome,
				  as determined by the Federal Centers for Disease Control.
Board
- Louisiana State Board of
				  Dentistry.
Dental Health Care Provider
- any dentist,
				  dental hygienist, or other personnel working under the supervision of a dentist
				  in a dental health care setting who may perform exposure-prone procedures
				  during patient care.
Disinfect
- to inactivate virtually all
				  recognized pathogenic microorganisms, but not necessarily all microbial forms
				  (e.g. bacterial endospores) on inanimate objects.
Exposure-Prone Procedure
- an invasive
				  procedure in which there is an increased risk of percutaneous injury to the
				  practitioner by virtue of digital palpation of a needle tip or other sharp
				  instrument in a body cavity or the simultaneous presence of the practitioner's
				  fingers and a needle or other sharp instrument or object in a poorly visualized
				  or highly confined anatomic site, or any other invasive procedure in which
				  there is a significant risk of contact between the blood or body fluids of the
				  dental health care provider and the blood or body fluids of the patient.
Function Ancillary to an Invasive Procedure
-
				  the preparation, processing, or handling of blood, fluids, tissues or
				  instruments which may be introduced into or come into contact with any body
				  cavity, internal organ, subcutaneous tissue, submucosal tissue, mucus membrane
				  or percutaneous wound of the human body in connection with the performance of
				  an invasive procedure.
HBV
- the Hepatitis B Virus.
HBV Seronegative
- a condition where one has
				  been HBV seropositive but is no longer infectious under the criteria of the
				  Federal Centers for Disease Control or the Association of State and Territorial
				  Public Health Laboratory Directors, or where one has never been infected with
				  HBV.
HBV Seropositive
- a condition where one has
				  developed antigens sufficient to diagnosis seropositivity to HBV evidencing
				  infectability under the criteria of the Federal Centers for Disease Control or
				  the Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory
				  Directors.
HCV
- the Hepatitis C virus.
HCV Seronegative
- a condition where one has
				  been HCV seropositive but is no longer infectious under the criteria of the
				  Federal Centers for Disease Control or the Association of State and Territorial
				  Public Health Laboratory Directors, or where one has never been infected with
				  HCV.
HCV Seropositive
- a condition where one has
				  developed antigens sufficient to diagnose seropositivity to HCV evidencing
				  infectability under the criteria of the Federal Centers for Disease Control or
				  the Association of State Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors.
HIV
- any strain of the human
				  immunodeficiency virus.
HIV Seropositive
- a condition where one has
				  developed antibodies sufficient to diagnose seropositivity to HIV under the
				  criteria of the Federal Centers for Disease Control or of the Association of
				  State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors.
Invasive Procedure
- any surgical or other
				  diagnostic or therapeutic procedure involving manual or instrumental contact
				  with or entry into any blood, body fluids, cavity, internal organ, subcutaneous
				  tissue, mucous membrane, or percutaneous wound of the human body.
Standard Precautions -
those generally
				  accepted infection control practices defined by the Federal Centers for Disease
				  Control as
standard precautions
in addition to proper hygiene
				  by the dental health care provider; the use of personal protective equipment
				  including, but not limited to, gloves, masks, eye protection, and gowns; proper
				  cleaning and decontamination of patient care equipment; cleaning and
				  disinfection of environmental surfaces and injury prevention through
				  engineering controls or safer work practices.
Sterilization
- the process by which all
				  forms of microorganisms within an environment are totally
				  destroyed.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:760(8) and
				  R.S.
				  37:1747.