(b) Engineering and work-practice controls.

1. (1) Consider sharp items (needles, scalers, burs, lab knives, and wires) that are contaminated as infective.
2. (2) Place used disposable syringes and needles, scalpel blades, and other sharp items in appropriate puncture-resistant containers.

3. (3)

   1. (A) Do not recap used needles by using both hands or any other technique that involves directing the point of the needle toward any part of the body.
   2. (B) Use either a one-handed scoop technique or a mechanical device designed for holding the needle cap when recapping needles.
4. (4) Do not bend or break needles prior to disposal.

(c)

1. (1) Follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines after percutaneous, mucous membrane, or nonintact skin exposure to blood or OPIM.
2. (2) Guidelines are found in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publication Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Dec. 19, 2003, Volume 52, No. RR-17, pg. 13-14, “Post Exposure Management and Prophylaxis”.