Section 1399-SS. Definitions  


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  • For the purposes of this article, unless the
      context clearly requires otherwise:
        1. "Engineered sharps injury protection" means  a  physical  attribute
      built into, or used with, a sharp that effectively reduces the risk of a
      sharps  injury  by  a  mechanism  such  as  barrier  creation, blunting,
      encapsulation, withdrawal, retraction, destruction or other mechanism.
        2. "Exposure incident" means contact with blood or  other  potentially
      infectious materials that results from a sharps injury.
        3.  "Sharp"  means any device that is or includes a needle used in the
      provision of health care, except for self-administration.
        4. "Sharps injury" means any injury caused by a sharp, including,  but
      not limited to, a cut, abrasion, or needlestick.