1. (a) Health-care personnel are at risk of exposure to HIV or AIDS if the personnel are in contact with blood or other body fluids (amniotic fluid, pericardial fluid, peritoneal fluid, pleural fluid, synovial fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, semen, and vaginal secretions) or any body fluid visibly contaminated with blood through percutaneous inoculation or contact with an open wound, nonintact, skin or mucous membrane during the performance of normal job duties.
2. (b) Health-care personnel are at risk of exposure to HIV or AIDS during a medical procedure if the personnel have their mucous membranes or skin in contact with any body fluid or tissue (other than patient's intact skin) and if the procedure to be performed is an invasive procedure that involves surgical entry into tissues, cavities, or organs or the repair of major traumatic injuries, including angiographic, bronchoscopic, endoscopic, and obstetrical procedures.
3. (c) Emphasis must be placed on preventing the transmission of HIV or AIDS and not on testing for its presence. Health-care personnel should follow the guidance given in the publication titled "Guidelines for Prevention of Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B Virus to Health-Care and Public-Safety Workers," United States Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, February 1989.
4. (d) Copies of the publications listed in subsection (c) of this section are available upon request from: Bureau of HIV and STD Prevention, Texas Department of Health, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas 78756.

Source Note:The provisions of this §97.137 adopted to be effective March 16, 1994, 19 TexReg 1453.