25 Tex. Admin. Code § 96.401 - Sharps Injury Log
(a) The chief
administrative officer for each facility within a governmental unit shall
report, as required by this section, each employee, as defined in §
96.101(7) of
this title (relating to Definitions), who sustains a contaminated sharps
injury, as defined in §
96.101(5) of
this title. The chief administrative officer of the governmental unit may
designate an employee for each facility within the governmental unit to serve
as the reporting officer.
(b)
Information concerning each contaminated sharps injury shall be recorded in a
written or electronic sharps injury log which shall be maintained by a
governmental unit, in accordance with Health and Safety Code, Chapter 81,
Subchapter H, and this chapter.
(c)
The following information must be recorded in the sharps injury log:
(1) name and address of facility where injury
occurred;
(2) name and phone number
of the chief administrative officer or reporting officer;
(3) date and time of the injury;
(4) age and sex of the injured
employee;
(5) type and brand of
sharp involved;
(6) original
intended use of the sharp;
(7)
whether the injury occurred before, during, or after the sharp was used for its
original intended purpose;
(8)
whether the exposure was during or after the sharp was used;
(9) whether the device had engineered sharps
injury protection, as defined in §
96.101(9)(A) and
(B) of this title (relating to Definitions),
and if yes, was the protective mechanism activated and did the exposure
incident occur before, during, or after activation of the protective
mechanism;
(10) whether the injured
person was wearing gloves at the time of the injury;
(11) whether the injured person had completed
a hepatitis B vaccination series;
(12) whether a sharps container was readily
available for disposal of the sharp;
(13) whether the injured person received
training on the exposure control plan during the 12 months prior to the
incident;
(14) the involved body
part;
(15) the job classification
of the injured person;
(16) the
employment status of the injured person;
(17) the location/facility/agency and the
work area where the sharps injury occurred; and
(18) a listing of the implemented needleless
systems and sharps with engineered sharps injury protection for employees
available within the governmental entity.
(d) Information contained in subsection
(c)(1) - (17) of this section concerning each contaminated sharps injury shall
be reported no later than 30 days after it occurred.
(e) A chief administrative officer for each
facility within a governmental unit or the designee shall report the
contaminated sharps injury to the local health authority where the facility is
located. The local health authority, acting as an agent for the Department of
State Health Services (department), shall receive and review the report for
completeness, and submit the report to the department. If no local health
authority is appointed for the jurisdiction where the facility is located, the
report shall be made to the regional director of the department's regional
office in which the facility is located.
(f) A contaminated sharps injury shall be
reported on the department's Contaminated Sharps Injury Reporting Form or
through an electronic means established by the department. Copies of the
Contaminated Sharps Injury Reporting Form can be obtained on the Internet at
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/health/bloodborne_pathogens/reporting/
or from the department's regional offices.
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