Exposure control
525.1 An employer must ensure that a worker’s exposure to blood-borne pathogens or other
biohazardous material is controlled in accordance with section 9.
Medical sharps
525.2(1) Subsections (2) and (3) come into effect on July 1, 2010.
525.2(2) An employer must provide and ensure that any medical sharp is a safety engineered medical
sharp.
525.2(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if
(a) use of the required safety engineered medical sharp is not clinically appropriate in the
particular circumstances, or
(b) the required safety engineered sharp is not available in commercial markets.
525.2(4) An employer must develop and implement safe work procedures for the use and disposal of
medical sharps if a worker is required to use or dispose of a medical sharp.
525.2(5) An employer must ensure that a worker who is required to use and dispose of a medical
sharp is trained in the safe work procedures required by subsection (4), and such training must include
(a) the hazards associated with the use and disposal of medical sharps,
(b) the proper use and limitations of safety engineered medical sharps,
(c) procedures to eliminate accidental contact with medical sharps, and
(d) any other relevant information.
525.2(6) A worker must use and dispose of a medical sharp in accordance with the training provided
by the employer.
Sharps containers
526(1) An employer must provide sharps containers and ensure that they are located as close as is
reasonably practicable to where sharps are used.
526(2) A worker must use the sharps container provided.
526(3) An employer must ensure that a sharps container has a clearly defined fill line and is sturdy
enough to resist puncture under normal conditions of use and handling.
Recapping needles
527 A person must not recap waste needles.
527.1 Repealed.
Policies and procedures
528(1) An employer must establish policies and procedures dealing with storing, handling, using and disposing of biohazardous materials.
528(2) An employer must ensure that workers are informed of the health hazards associated with exposure to the biohazardous material.
Limited exposure
529 An employer must ensure that worker exposure to biohazardous materials is kept as low as reasonably practicable.
Post exposure management
530 An employer must establish policies and procedures for the post exposure management of workers exposed to biohazardous material.