An entity shall take precautions to reduce risk against the spread of a communicable, contagious, or infectious disease that could pose a significant threat to the health, safety, or welfare of adults or children in care. In addition to the applicable requirements of 7 AAC 10.1000 - 7 AAC 10.1095, precautions include

1. (1) seeking and complying with current medical and sanitation advice on communicable, contagious, or infectious diseases;
2. (2) adopting universal precautions, including the use of gloves, to handle potential exposure to blood, blood-contaminating body fluids, and injury discharges;
3. (3) training staff, if any, in universal precautions and in the prevention of communicable, contagious, and infectious diseases;
4. (4) ensuring that the caregiver hygiene requirements of 7 AAC 10.1050 are met;

5. (5) encouraging children, or adults with impaired judgment, to wash their hands

   1. (A) before food handling, preparation, serving, or table setting;
   2. (B) before eating;
   3. (C) after toileting;
   4. (D) after handling pets or other animals; and
   5. (E) when hands are contaminated with a body fluid, including after nose wiping; and
6. (6) encouraging children to wash their hands before and after participation in moist play, including molding clay or painting.

(Eff. 6/23/2006, Register 178)

Authority: AS 18.05.010, AS 47.32.010, AS 47.32.140, AS 18.05.040, AS 47.32.030, AS 47.33.005, AS 44.29.020, AS 47.32.130, AS 47.33.010