N.Y. Public Health Law Section 1399-SS
Definitions

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.

Source: Section 1399-SS — Definitions, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PBH/1399-SS (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed May 4, 2024).

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